Word: narrow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When they trudge back after Labor Day to the House of Pain, or Congress, as the place is still known officially, Democrats are going to try to turn health care into another narrow victory. They have a President who seems to be good at that -- getting them victories, but in ways that make it inevitable they will be narrow...
There are those who argue that the underground these days can be found on the Internet: the global computer network allows its travelers to move about anonymously and carve out a corner for narrow, unconventional obsessions. But there is another, subterranean world of people with aliases and attitudes that makes the Internet seem almost fuddy-duddy. E-mail? Postings? Those are for executives and housewives...
...White House demurred, still hoping to gather the necessary votes among Democrats who jumped ship. But Republicans think the other party has overplayed its hand. "They have to let us be legislators too," insisted House minority whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia. "If they decide to go down the same narrow, partisan, liberal road, they'll lose health care the same...
...malls, not even a McDonald's or a Wal-Mart. In fact, business in Lake Providence, Louisiana, is so bad that even the pawnshop has shut down. "The only recreation we have," says a resident, "is poor people's fun: drinking, drugs, fighting and sex." Restless teenagers mill around narrow streets lined with burned-out houses and dilapidated trailer parks. "We've got all the problems they have in New York and Chicago, but nothing to fight them with," says Mayor James W. Brown Jr. If there is a poorer place in America, the Census Bureau cannot find...
...shift in public opinion has forced the Administration to narrow its goals. Last week Clinton publicly signaled his willingness to compromise on his central objective -- health-care coverage for 100% of the population. "You've got to get somewhere in the ballpark of 95 or upwards," he said. "I'm quite open on that...