Word: main
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Perhaps he had left a note for me. But their confused looks and empty nods revealed they had no idea what I was talking about. I came to the conclusion that I was just making them nervous, and holding back the river of tears, I turned back toward the main exit...
...itself, an oceanside edifice designed by I.M. Pei, the atmosphere changes. You examine a series of photographs of the Kennedy clan, realize that Kennedy's senior thesis on British politics became a best-seller, watch an understated 17-minute film about his life through 1960, and then enter the main hall, which showcases mementos, TV footage and documents from July 1960 to November 22, 1963, when Kennedy died...
...medical breakthroughs that have already had the deepest impact are those that enhance sight and mobility. Nationwide, more than a million cataract procedures are performed each year to correct clouding in the lens of the eye. Until 20 years ago, the main treatment was the removal of the patient's lens and its replacement with a thick pair of cataract glasses to correct his vision. Now ophthalmologists are able to implant a new, artificial lens behind the iris, a procedure that has become so routine that it is usually done on an outpatient basis...
...party to control both branches. The sad part is that this year the electorate felt compelled to continue the split in the apparent belief that it was as plausible as any other solution offered by our aging, even decrepit two-party system. Indeed, growing disillusionment with the two main political parties over the past three decades has been pointing toward exactly what came to pass on Election Day 1996. Our predicament raises several serious questions...
Were it not for the missteps of his main-party opponents, Perot wouldn't have been much of a factor in the race at all. He was languishing at 5% or 6% in the polls until the Democrats blundered into a series of campaign-finance flaps--prime Perot territory--and Bob Dole made his ill-advised request that Perot leave the race. The attention he had been deprived of because of his exclusion from the debates suddenly rained down upon what had become a nearly irrelevant sideshow. As a result, his support nearly doubled, though by Election...