Word: optioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University of Connecticut in its first official game since 1942, winning 7-0. The band and the big drum also appeared after a long period of dormancy, and the cheerleaders were on the field again. The crowds were still at wartime levels, though, when informal play was the only option for diehard football fans...
...invalidate the vote after it takes place. Russia's election law is filled with loopholes, and an Interior Ministry official says Yeltsin could contest the results for months. And then what? If he is serious about "never" letting the Communists come to power, says this official, then the only option would be armed confrontation...
FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin: Seeking to retake the high ground on welfare reform from President Clinton, Bob Dole on Tuesday endorsed a five-year time limit on welfare benefits and said states should have the option of requiring mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients. Dole said welfare and other Great Society programs represent the failures of liberalism: "Today, it stands as its greatest shame; a grand failure that has crushed the spirit, destroyed the families and decimated the culture of those who have become enmeshed in its web." Clinton had launched a preemptive strike on Saturday when he announced...
There are ways to make electronic records more secure, but those measures can be expensive, and they must be built into a system at the beginning. At Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, an electronic audit trail keeps track of everyone who accesses the computerized records, and doctors have the option of tagging certain records as particularly sensitive--triggering an alert whenever a request is made to see that information. Even so, the hospital found that once the system was in place, it was impractical to declare any area of the electronic record completely off-limits...
...blindsided by the fairly independent, free-thinking GOP freshmen in the House." Or by Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, whose clever maneuvering in recent has sidetracked votes on several key issues, denying Dole the legislative victories he needs. With his campaign facing a severe budget crunch Dole's best option is still to make his case on the Senate floor. "If he were to take his campaign out from the Senate, where would he go? And how would...