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...were a war, you would be losing it." Dole says he is not talking "to the teachers, but to the unions," but it doesn't matter. Democrats seize on Dole's screed and cast him as a rabid teacher hater, an enemy of education. The two largest teachers' unions pour more millions into the Democrats' campaign war chest. President Clinton vows that he, at least, will stand by America's teachers. You remember the rest...
...then sell it in the expectation that its price will drop--have been furiously buying back shares in recent months to cut their losses as the stock goes up. But such panicky buying only serves to raise prices higher still. So do hopes that a FORTUNE 500 giant will pour big bucks into an Internet company. Disney did just that last month when it acquired a 43% stake in InfoSeek, the third largest Internet search engine, in a widely watched transaction that valued Infoseek at more than $1 billion...
What all this adds up to is a cycle of destruction. Chopping down the forests creates conditions that foster fires. The fires pour carbon dioxide into the air, which promotes global warming and makes the forests dryer still. A computer simulation of the effect of climate change in Mexico has predicted that if temperatures rise as feared, rainfall might be reduced 40%--a drop that would doom the remaining rain forests in the state of Chiapas...
...wanting him to be here, there and everywhere--he does a tremendous job. He's done a great thing with his image and really kept it pretty clean," says Bulls backup center Bill Wennington. "And he's so cute." Jordan is a vessel into which America can pour anything it wants. He's noble, charming, righteous and kind, not because he necessarily is but because we want him to be. And, yes, Bill, it helps that he's good looking...
...fact gentility seemed to be the watchword ofour four years. We had regular teas to which wewore black dresses, white gloves, and little blackhats. Each one of us was required to pour. Since Icame from a background where tea was dispensedeither from a tea pot or a tea kettle, I was notprepared for the samovar used at formal teas. Whenmy turn came to pour, I was horrified to discoverthat moving the lever right or left failed to stemthe tide of tea. Just as my first poured cup wasabout to rise over the top, a dean rushed over andpushed the lever...