Word: picks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the Republican plan dead, Democrats and a small band of Republicans traded drafts and phone calls, trying to come up with a knuckle-rapping censure plan that would satisfy those in both parties who do not want Clinton's acquittal to be seen as vindication. To pick up more Republican votes, Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California huddled at her desk on the Senate floor with Republican Robert Bennett of Utah during the brief trial recesses, carefully increasing the measure's wallop...
...exciting you could imagine. It's the holiday season, and you are eager to get to your family and all that, but boy, this holding the world economy by the hand is even better than advertised. The phone rings. Maybe it will be like this summer, when your mom picked up in your house on Cape Cod and found Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan on one line and worried Russian reformer Anatoli Chubais on the other. Oh, how she thrilled over that! The phone rings, and because you are the Deputy Secretary (and happen to be one of the few rocket...
...Rubin hope they can turn that attention into the kind of reforms that will make these emerging markets closer to ideal. Among the top priorities: cleaner international banking systems, transparent lending practices and more open markets. As soon as they can ram those changes through, they expect growth to pick up again--possibly just in time to help a flagging U.S. economy...
...might have seen me walking around campus in a suit last week. Then again, I was probably difficult to pick out. There were a lot of graduating seniors walking around in suits last week, hair freshly gelled and portfolios in hand, marching off to Hilles Library or the Charles Hotel. Come spring vacation, many of these suited students will have nice recruiting jobs lined up for next year. I, on the other hand, will not. Over the course of a week, I pretended to sell everything from cars to computers to denture cleansers. The one thing I couldn't sell...
After your Italian feast, you might consider rounding out your evening with another Hidden Sweets specialty--a bondage "starter kit." It comes in a little box that offers no clue as to the contents. The $12 package begs the buyer to "Show No Mercy!" You can also pick up a novelty card that shows the Clintons (minus Monica) showing little mercy...