Word: oversold
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...busy recalibrating their messages about progress in the Golan negotiations. To keep the tone positive, Israel's officials said they were encouraged by Assad's use at one point in his press conference of the formulation "full withdrawal for full peace." Clinton, meanwhile, was worried that he might have oversold his accomplishment. In what one of his aides called an effort to "modulate," Clinton began speaking of the possibility of progress, rather than actual progress...
...Because apple juice contains two sugars that tots cannot absorb -- sorbitol and fructose -- large - quantities can cause diarrhea. "Fruit-juice companies imply that apple juice is healthful," says Dr. John Udall, head of pediatric nutrition at Children's Hospital in New Orleans. "But it's probably been oversold...
Skeptics argue that the FBI and other federal agencies have been oversold on the connection between street gangs and organized drug distribution. The Reiner report strongly downplays that link, and most local police authorities agree. "If you could eliminate the narcotics problem tomorrow, you'd still have a significant gang problem," says Deputy Chief Bernard C. Parks, a former L.A.P.D. gang coordinator, now commander of the department's central bureau. "And if the next day you eliminated the gang problem, you'd still have a significant crime problem...
True enough, some of the state's educational accomplishments have been oversold; there are negative statistics too. The much touted competency test was not difficult, and teachers could take it again and again until they finally passed. Scores achieved by Arkansas high schoolers on standard college tests have remained stagnant, and a dismaying 60% of those who do get into college require remedial instruction once they arrive. But no one would deny that the state's schools have improved and that Clinton deserves much of the credit...
...immediate causes of the outbursts varied from place to place. In the Westwood district of Los Angeles two weeks ago, the trouble started when the Mann theater oversold tickets to the movie's premiere and turned away hundreds of frustrated patrons. About 800 youths went on a rampage, breaking windows and looting stores in the trendy neighborhood near the UCLA campus. It took 100 riot police 3 1/2 hours to quell the disturbance. When it was over, nine people had been arrested and 21 shops damaged...