Word: minders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blind Muslim cleric stumbled forward and butted the microphone with his head before a minder steadied him. Another aide whispered the presidential oath in his ear as he pretended to read the words out loud from the folder thrust into his hands. It was an awkward beginning in front of the national assembly for Abdurrahman Wahid, a stroke victim who last Wednesday became the first freely elected President of Indonesia. And it was a bitter denouement for Megawati Sukarnoputri, the presumed front runner who had been left sucking for air by a series of political maneuvers she hadn't even...
...that point in the game, Locker decided to shake up his defense, replacing Albers with sophomore net-minder Jordan Dupuis...
Overnight, Harvard created a slick, speedy attack to complement its stalwart defense and rock-solid net-minder Rob Lyng...
...that some of Starr's activities gave off an odor, but added later, to others, not to him. He told the Washington Post last Tuesday that he feared coming off "like a Mafia figure who's pleading the Fifth Amendment." Perhaps forestalling the need to hire a third ethics minder for the first two ethics counselors, Dash plans to leave on May 23 for a two-month teaching vacation...
...part, Gingrich did not exactly enjoy the full faith and confidence of his revolutionary guard, which is why majority leader Dick Armey was there to play the role of Gingrich's minder. For months Gingrich has used his hard-line freshmen as a foil in his negotiations. The White House has not always believed his hands were tied, but in recent days the tension between Gingrich and his troops was obvious. When the negotiators decided to tighten the circle, the White House wanted Armey gone. But Gingrich insisted he stay, saying that excluding the majority leader would be unacceptable...