Word: overnighter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President first, made calls from the study next to the Oval Office and dined with Janet Reno. Christopher Reeve and Billy Crystal got environmental briefings from two Cabinet Secretaries. A group of Hollywood celebs was invited for a Saturday-morning briefing on health care. The overnight guest list for the Lincoln Bedroom sometimes reads like the register at the Hotel...
...haven't really made that decision. If you say to a company you've got to go from zero to ((full coverage)) overnight, you're going to drive a lot of companies out of business. You can't do this overnight, even if you had all the money in the world. The fundamental part of this reform that is often overlooked is that in 10 years from now almost no one is going to remember what you did up front to pay for this. What they're going to remember is that we expanded access to doctors, improved the quality...
Back at the White House, the Clintons have tried to re-create a down-home atmosphere. The solarium sometimes substitutes for the huge kitchen in Little Rock where most of their entertaining was done. It is where overnight guests gather for breakfast. Arkansas-born actress Mary Steenburgen, who spent the night in the Lincoln Bedroom on her birthday, is the only guest so far to jump into the outdoor pool. When Norman Lear came for dinner, the President wore sneakers and dinner was chicken enchiladas. One night when Arkansas Senator David Pryor was over, he insisted the President...
...using her family's money. She tearfully recounted the torment that has resulted from her former husband's crimes. Charities returned her checks, schools that had once taken millions removed the Boesky name from buildings, and she was threatened by one of the bankers Boesky % helped bring to trial. "Overnight I went from someone who felt proud of who she was to a social outcast," she sobbed...
...changed, though, may be the willingness of Italians to do something about it. Voters will go to the polls this Sunday to register their outrage in a referendum on their discredited political system. A si vote -- widely expected -- will not undo decades of corruption or transform the political landscape overnight, but supporters of reform argue that the referendum is the best way to begin the difficult passage toward a more responsive -- and responsible -- political order. "If the yes vote wins, it will not mean a magic wand is waved against all the problems of Italy," said Mario Segni, leader...