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Word: opt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush will be able to take only $250 each from them. Though the undeclared G.O.P. candidate raised a whopping $7.6 million in the first quarter, he's trying to amass enough loot to opt out of the public-financing system and its spending limits; so he's hoping for the maximum $1,000 from as many deep pockets as possible. Other G-37 victims: New Jersey's Republican Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, who's running for Senate, and New York G.O.P. Mayor RUDY GIULIANI if he runs. They can't even take the $250 unless the donor lives in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Finance | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

...Wednesday the government seemed to opt for a fairly hard line. It stepped up surveillance on Falun Gong members and called the demonstration "completely wrong." For now, Li's followers' decision to take to the streets appears to have backfired, and aliens had nothing to do with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man with the Qi | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...Bush will be able to take only $250 each from them. Though the undeclared GOP candidate raised a whopping $7.6 million in the first quarter, he's trying to amass enough loot to opt out of the public-financing system and its spending limits; so he's hoping for the maximum $1,000 from as many deep pockets as possible. Other G-37 victims: New Jersey's Republican governor Christine Todd Whitman, who's running for Senate, and New York GOP mayor Rudy Giuliani, if he runs. They can't even take the $250 unless the donor lives in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Being Governor Can Really Hurt Your Coffers | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...reach a tacit understanding early in our journey. If we want to survive, we're going to have to keep Daniel awake, we're going to have to make a lot of noise. We have a few options. One is to boisterously exchange tales of sexual conquest. We opt for karaoke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Fame in the Name | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...Treasurer...=composed as it was of magistrates and ministers, the Board of Overseers remained the dominant governing board until 1686, when it was temporarily suspended by a change in government.=board of external trustees, connected with the living organism of the University only through the President.=to co-opt whomsoever it chose.=collegial=The overseers should always hold toward the corporation an attitude of suspicious vigilance.=as good as rejected.<= The opposition between the two governing boards finally broke when the corporation proved to have the stronger will, standing by its nominee. The overseers relented. No one remained to stand...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer and James Y. Stern, S | Title: Hidden Power | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

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