Word: matters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even as he appealed to Christian conservatives by extolling the "transforming power of faith" to change lives, Bush chided his own party for hardheartedness. "We must apply our conservative and free-market ideas to the job of helping real human beings," he said, "because any ideology, no matter how right in theory, is sterile and empty without that goal." And while he labeled his chief Democratic rival, Vice President Al Gore, an out-of-touch "Washington politician," Bush also lectured conservatives that "government is not the enemy of the American people." Even Bush's father was an indirect target...
What happened over the next hour or so--between the time the plane last made contact with the runway and the time it first made contact with water--is, for now, a matter of conjecture. The take-off, to all appearances, was a smooth one, suggesting that Kennedy's still shaky ankle did not hamper his ability to operate the Piper's pedals. Much of the flight may have been similarly uneventful, if the sketchy radar record is any indication...
...matter of paying much more attention to the big picture," he said...
...precariously nearing. Here, in the privileged middle-class West Jerusalem, with a lifestyle and surroundings very much like Boston, these warning fall on deaf ears. And, for many of the Palestinians, especially the inhabitants of villages that draw their water from wells, statistics and fancy talk about drought patterns matter very little. There is never enough water during these summer months...
...attract some Democratic support, it?ll look more like the Roth plan. If they want to make an ideologically pure statement, it?ll be more like the House version." Clinton insists he doesn?t care what it looks like -- $792 million is too much. And so, for that matter, is the $500 billion proposed by some moderate Republicans. "The White House thinks it?s keeping the bidding low by publicly saying it won?t compromise," says Branegan. Republicans, by railroading their disgruntled moderates, figure they?re keeping the bidding high. Get ready to rumble...