Word: inherit
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...would Bush be willing to spook the economy he?s about to inherit? For starters, he needs to spread the idea that if things get tight for a while, the problem started before he took office. The last recession occurred during his father?s presidency. He doesn?t want the next one called Bush 2. But he also hopes to use the prospect of trouble ahead as a rationale for his proposal to cut taxes by $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years. As he said last month, ?A tax-relief plan for everybody serves as an insurance policy against...
...February's poll, which is only for the post of prime minister (the law had previously restricted the elections to members of the current parliament). Although polls have Netanyahu leading Barak by a 2-to-1 margin, the former prime minister demurred rather than pursue a landslide victory and inherit Barak's lame-duck status. In the best-case scenario, he'd be able to count on only 58 votes in the 120-seat legislature...
Never mind eight years of President Clinton's persistent peacemaking; if George W. Bush ever does get the presidency he'll inherit a Middle East situation that would be familiar to his father. Peace looked to be the last thing on Israeli and Palestinian minds Friday as the West Bank exploded in a frenzy of violence that claimed seven Palestinian and three Israeli lives. And as both sides went into the weekend vowing to avenge their dead, the Israelis restored the siege of Palestinian areas that a European mediator this week warned could ultimately plunge the region into...
...Inheritance, for instance, is often steeped in deep ambivalence. "Overnight you inherit what took your parents a lifetime to accumulate," Brooks says. "It's uncomfortable and bittersweet." Her inheritance helped her financially but also came with strings attached--albeit self-imposed. "My mother was extremely frugal," says Brooks, "so sometimes when I spend money, I think she would be horrified...
Gore would slowly inherit the mantle of President Clinton's anointed successor. Bush, after surprising then-incumbent Texas. Gov. Ann Richards in 1994, would slowly figure into Republican plans to recapture the White House...