Word: mads
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that McCain would be a "very dangerous" Vice President. McCain, though disappointed, understands the bargain Bush has made with the preacher. "Would I have preferred if he'd said Robertson is a turkey? Sure!" McCain says. "Obviously he didn't want to confront Robertson. But why should I get mad about it?" The answer is, he shouldn't. That's what saying "I endorse you" is all about...
...shambles there now--a false peace broken, power-mad rebels imperiling a U.N. mission as they reignite a vicious civil war--defies the international community's good intentions. Many are rushing to tack another "failure" to the list of ill-fated operations from Somalia to Rwanda to Bosnia. The credibility of U.N. peacekeeping is under siege again and so is the wisdom of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's--and the Clinton Administration's--doctrine of humanitarian intervention...
...abdicate. They should establish a "no-hitting, no-hurting" rule, so kids will know they are expected to work out their problems peacefully, sometimes with assistance. A parent can be helpful by listening to each side and then framing the problem aloud: "So, I see that you're really mad because..." Depending on the severity of the problem, a parent might then express confidence that the kids can solve it and leave the room...
That means more debate. No more mad dash for Super Tuesday, after which the anointed can sit back and indulge the party's remaining primary voters in smug contentment. Every state would count, so even the front-runner would have to dig his heels in till the end--sweating, debating, persuading. Since smaller states are usually cheaper to campaign in, gone too would be the financial blitz in which a big-money candidate splurges early to knock his or her opponent out at the start. The Delaware Plan would make losing the first few primaries, currently an automatic disqualification, politically...
Rootin', tootin', acquisition-mad MCI Worldcom chief Bernard Ebbers may have finally met his match: the antitrust boys at the Justice Department. Ebbers' proposed $130 billion hookup with Sprint - the latest in a spectacular string of acquisitions by the southern-fried CEO - would be one of the largest corporate mergers ever, a joining of the No. 2 and No. 3 long-distance carriers that posed a serious threat to leader AT&T. But now Justice staffers have formally recommended to head trustbuster Joel Klein that the merger be blocked, on the grounds that a company with one third...