Word: offerings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps stepping quickly to get out of a political gesture that backfired, Hillary Clinton has come out against her husband's controversial offer of early release for 16 imprisoned Puerto Rican nationalists, an initiative she had previously supported. Hillary's explanation - that the 16 have not yet complied with a condition that they renounce violence - came even as the White House was giving them until September 10 to make up their minds. Republicans immediately charged that Mrs. Clinton was hanging the President out to dry while trying to wiggle out of a political gaffe. Nothing of the sort, her campaign...
...Crimson dropped a 3-6 decision to the Lions last spring, but the Crimson players are certainly likely to offer Columbia a challenge this season...
...example, it is ascertained that 25% of the class objects to the present choice, 25% of the time alloted for the Class Day address should go to an alternate speaker who embodies their values. And if we at Dartboard may be so bold, we'd like to offer a suggestion: a fellow political jiltee, who also saw the objections to his views intensified by his unfortunately unsympathetic mien. Robert Bork, come on down...
CATHY BOOTH, TIME's Los Angeles bureau chief, has enjoyed such genial assignments as traveling to Australia to profile Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. This week, however, she shifts gears considerably to offer an affecting first-person account on the agonizing challenges of caring for an elderly parent. "It was very tough to write this story," says Booth of her contribution to our package on how best to tend to the older generation, which is growing dramatically. "I have to admit that at first I wasn't sure it was something I wanted to write, but I've been amazed...
...such places in the U.S., according to industry figures. Assisted-living complexes are home to one-fourth of the 2.2 million Americans who live in housing for seniors, according to the American Seniors Housing Association. Some are free-standing facilities. Some are part of continuing-care retirement communities, which offer increasing levels of help and medical supervision as residents move through the years...