Word: hurts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hillary to Senate candidate, she risks losing the support of the wishy-washy who ardently did not want her husband run out of town by Ken Starr but are perfectly happy to have Clinton go quietly when his term ends. If people think Clinton fatigue is going to hurt Al Gore, imagine how much it could hurt an actual Clinton...
...emphasis on religion in the aftermath of Littleton. "I welcome converts, but I suspect it has something to do with the political calendar and polls showing that a majority of Americans now think our problems are spiritual rather than economic," says G.O.P. presidential contender Gary Bauer. Nor can piety hurt, when polls increasingly show the downside of Gore's association with Bill Clinton. The latest TIME/CNN poll indicates almost half the public views Gore as too close to the President...
Moffett's Dale Carnegie routine worked wonders when Suharto ran the show. There were afternoons of golf with the ruler and friendships with his family and business cronies. Indeed, Suharto interests own a multimillion-dollar stake in the Grasberg mine, which surely did not hurt Moffett's effort to maintain mining rights there on favorable terms. The deal was so sweet, in fact, that Freeport has long been the world's lowest-cost producer of copper, a key industrial metal...
...strict capitalists among Freeport's shareholders might be happier were that the case. The company's stock last week closed at about $14, down from $36 three years ago. Low copper and gold prices, which the company obviously can't control, clearly have hurt; but some shareholders also complain that despite a cost-cutting campaign dubbed "Hunker Down and Go," Moffett's 1998 compensation of $4.5 million plus stock options is out of line with Freeport's sagging performance...
...also important to tell children the truth. A surprising number of parents, perhaps trying to control their own anxiety, tell their kid they're going to McDonald's, then take them to the hospital instead. Another big no-no is that tired old phrase "This won't hurt a bit." You didn't believe it when you were a kid, so why should they...