Word: pied
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what does Powell believe? All the same motherhood-and-apple-pie bromides Ike intoned all the way to the prize. "I believe frantically in the American form of democracy, which rests upon free enterprise," said Eisenhower. "Everything I observe affirms my belief in free enterprise," writes Powell. Like Ike, Powell bemoans high taxes and government bureaucracy. When pressed for details, Powell and Ike meander. "It seems necessary to walk around some of the questions presented," Ike told colleagues. "I sense a difference between a man's convictions and what he believes is politically feasible." Hearing those words last week, Powell...
...dessert menu features cheesecake, fudge nut brownies and lemon pie...
...songs and videos) and an array of music memorabilia, including the poetry Bruce Springsteen wrote in junior college (excerpt: "emerald waves crashed upon the shores...") and a list from the Rolling Stones detailing what they required backstage for their 1972 tour (among the items: vodka, backgammon set and "apple pie--lots"). As of last week, however, workers were still hustling to put the finishing touches on exhibits in the 150,000-sq.-ft. facility. Joked museum director Dennis Barrie: "Welcome to our organized chaos...
Most of Raftery's students are eager simply to learn how to use products that are completely new to them, American staples like ersatz whipped cream, ready-made pie crusts or-that native classic-squeezable cheese. "They ask me, 'What is this, and what do you do with it?' or 'How do you eat this?'" Many adapt quickly; one former pupil now extols the virtues of Kraft macaroni and cheese as a quick and easy children's breakfast. But at first the sheer abundance of an American supermarket can be overwhelming. Pausing before an array of 22 varieties of bread...
...federal welfare spending will be cut by about $70 billion over seven years, and the states will be spared the burden of contributing any money at all. No state is likely to be that cruel, but curtailing their obligations is stupid. Currently, states contribute about 40% of the entire pie of cash welfare assistance, and it's the level of state participation--the dollar amount per recipient--that now governs Washington's piece of the total funding. That's why benefit levels among states vary so dramatically. If states are no longer required to pony up their own funds...