Word: idea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...International Criminal Court is far from a perfect idea, but that is all it is right now--an idea, not even an unsigned piece of paper. To abort it now, before it is even born, is an act of cowardice and complicity...
...with Clinton just as long as the public did, the ruling made it much easier to snuggle up to him and embrace an agenda that has been carefully tailored to their tastes. For Republicans who had been relishing the opportunities for legislative mischief that a distracted President presented, the idea of facing a vengeful, vindicated, legacy-building White House wasn't much fun. Any impeachment effort that was not bipartisan would amount to a suicide mission. The G.O.P. lacks the votes as well as the stomach to do it alone, and the House judiciary panel is hopelessly divided by party...
...little as I could. I tried as hard as I could to put this and Whitewater in the smallest possible box and to let it be handled by others and to respond only when required. But now we see why for over 200 years no one had any idea the President should be subject to a civil suit and believed that the chances were that if one was filed, it would have an overwhelming political aspect...
...been a kid knows that a parent's obsession is pretty hard for a kid to avoid taking on, if only subconsciously. (Within half-a-dozen years, of course, Emily might easily be doing the Deepak Chopra thing just to drive her mother crazy.) So while the idea of testing TT was all Emily's, her parents were only too eager to bring her up to speed on the scientific method and statistical analysis. Moreover, mother and stepfather, along with Dr. Stephen Barrett, chairman of an outfit called Quackwatch Inc., helped her write the paper. Linda, in fact, is credited...
...never would have come up with the idea foran on-line grant application on my own," saidBurton...