Word: preferments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tears need be shed for the health-insurance industry. The insurers say they prefer requiring all employers to supply health insurance to all workers. "Unfortunately," they note primly, "this type of comprehensive reform was rejected." Yes, and whose fault is that? It was the health insurers, with their "Harry and Louise" television commercials, who helped kill comprehensive health-care reform, including employer mandates. This bill will serve them right...
Republican presidential primaries are normally royalist affairs, staid rituals of continuity posing briefly as wild free-for-alls. While Democrats can often be counted on to stage long catfights that rip apart the party so deeply that reassembly by November is impossible, Republicans prefer one-act passion plays in primogeniture. From watching Democrats, the G.O.P. has learned the cost of indulging in party soul searching for more than a few weeks...
Happy or not, Valentine's Day has arrived once again, and with it comes celebration for those with dates and sorrow from those who would surely prefer another date, like February 15. But for those of you who mourn loves lost, take comfort in your fortune to avoid a celebration that revolves around the greeting card's replacement of the once noble (but time-consuming) poetry of love...
...there on whose lists my name appears, I did my own unofficial data match about this time last year, and got pretty good results. Of course, the council would probably not find me compatible with my sweetheart--he likes "Beavis and Butthead" while I prefer "Singled Out," and I'd choose Pearl Jam over Megadeth any day--but I think I'll keep him, rather than succumbing to the temptation of Datamatch...
...those surveyed prefer Pepsi products...