Word: hack
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Special credit does go the United States for the phenomenon known as Ross Perot, but that just goes to show what a hack can do with $50 million. Perhaps only Perot and his money--"I'll build my own office building"--could have coped with being neither a Democrat nor a Republican in Washington's two-sided corridors. Without that kind of cash, a new or nontraditional party has a much better chance of getting a say north of latitude...
...will trumpet the claim that Gore's recommended package will save $70 billion to $100 billion over five years, and will double to 200,000 the President's earlier projections on reducing the federal work force. That may be overoptimistic, but even considerably smaller savings might enable Clinton to hack his way out of a political tangle. The President has solemnly vowed to slice deeper into the federal deficit -- but how? The hairbreadth margins of his July budget victory indicate that further tax increases and deeper cuts in spending programs are politically undoable. Savings from streamlining the bureaucracy offer...
...Carey is only 23 years old. Why can't hack music critics just lay off her and see how she blossoms...
...brings out the sadist in us. Write on both sides of the page--single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. THis chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably worth a good extra five points if you can hack it. But above all, keep us entertained. Keep us awake. Be bold, be personal, be witty, be chock full of facts. I'm sure you can do it all without studying if you try. We did. Best wishes, A Grader This letter first ran on January...
...need some hacks. Gergen's a hack. Maybe he can help." -- A WHITE HOUSE AIDE