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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fighting the last war," sniffed an aide), is sending out attack faxes slapping Gore for "promises without price tags." Bradley didn't have much choice except to engage, but it's risky--politics as usual--and maybe a little sad. If he's not careful, he's going to let them see him sweat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Please Don't Leave Me, Don't You Go | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...that schools should teach teenagers the techniques of "sexual gradualism"--masturbation, mutual masturbation and oral sex--because it is more realistic than abstinence and safer than intercourse. "If we teach kids about other kinds of sexual exploration that help them wait for intercourse until they are really ready, we let girls find out about their desire...and let kids have an option not to go immediately 'from zero to 60.' Teaching sexual gradualism is as sensible as teaching kids to drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Gore's Secret Guru | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

While Harris' project may seem shallow, the idea of choosing an egg donor based on physical characteristics is hardly new. Several egg businesses already let clients select donors by race, weight, height, eye color or hair color, not to mention such preferences as "fine boned" and "tanning ability." Harris isn't the first to charge for eggs either: virtually all egg donors are in fact sellers, at a typical rate of between $3,000 and $5,000 per ovum, plus medical expenses. And an unnamed egg-seeking couple put an ad in several college papers last winter offering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Genes for Sale? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...stand and fight. And those well-trained divisions, with thousands of tanks and artillery pieces, would maul the guerrillas in what intelligence analysts believe would become a Middle East version of the Bay of Pigs. Faced with that possibility, it is no wonder the Clinton Administration seems content to let Public Enemy No. 1 remain at large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Firing Blanks | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...ISSUE] A bill to let states sue in federal court for violations of bans on interstate shipment of alcohol. Post-Prohibition state laws are now loosely enforced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Finance: The Buyer's Guide to Congress | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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