Word: moneys
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...politics, money doesn't just talk ? it gives speeches. It speaks loud, from a lush rented banquet hall, or wide, from the face in a slick campaign ad on national television. It is a megaphone for ideas, and also a corruptor of democracy, because when money it is given in large enough quantities ? and yes, Messrs. Forbes and Perot and Huffington, it must be given to be truly effective ? it wins elections. It buys votes, because it is votes. It signals support, so it attracts support, and thus it is self-fulfilling. And because no candidate can win without...
...well-off and educated that they automatically love America," says TIME Middle East reporter Amany Radwan. "But there are clearly many very wealthy people who share Bin Laden?s hostility to the lifestyle and pro-Western policies of the Saudi royal family, and are prepared to give him money despite everything that he?s been accused of." And the chilling prospect for the U.S. is that Bin Laden may be offering his backers more bang for their buck...
...Holbrooke's confirmation until their demands are met. While Voinovich's reasons are not yet clear, for McConnell and Lott, the motive was campaign-finance reform ? or, rather, their opposition to it. The two Republicans want to get an Ohio law professor ? who thinks that bans on "soft money" are a violation of free speech ? appointed to fill a GOP vacancy on the board of the Federal Election Commission. Bill Clinton doesn?t want that, and so the U.S.? star Balkan negotiator is, once again, stymied in his yearlong attempt to take his seat at the U.N. (His nomination...
...been unable to come up with the 60 votes to overcome his filibuster; party leader Lott is always there to back up his deputy on the issue. The two used to brag openly that the campaign-finance issue has never won or lost an election ? and that raising more money, indeed, is the only surefire winner. But now that John McCain has made the issue the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, the Lott-led stalwarts may be getting a little more subtle; however, they're still fighting reform every step of the way ? even if it means accusing Mr. Integrity...
...rush to sell. The Bank of England offloaded 25 tons on Tuesday, dragging the price of gold down to a 20-year low. And there's worse to come, as the International Monetary Fund proceeds with plans to sell $2.6 billion of its own gold reserves to raise money for debt relief to poor countries...