Word: protecters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even a modest reformer prevail in a deeply conservative region? Qatar has a defense agreement with Washington, but the U.S. may not protect an Emir who is cozy with Iran and Iraq. Qatari traditionalists and some Western analysts believe it is naive to push democratic values in a society where many customs have remained unchanged since the Middle Ages. Over lunch, Hamad did something that still seems unthinkable to many. He introduced one of his three wives, Jassem's mother, who was modestly dressed in an ankle-length suit rather than in the customary robe. As she spoke of improving...
...ABORTION] Opposes abortion, and backed a constitutional amendment to ban it except in cases of rape and incest, or to protect life of the mother. Favored "partial birth" abortion ban Clinton vetoed, and opposes use of taxpayer money for any abortions...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "We can care for our elderly, educate our children, protect our environment and improve our standard of living without mortgaging our future...
Arkansas has not had a Republican Senator since Reconstruction, and it was assumed Bryant would have an easy time of it, especially after lieutenant governor Mike Huckabee quit the race. When Tim Hutchinson joined the chase, the odds changed. Still, Bryant follows a Democratic agenda, wanting to protect Medicare benefits, preserve the Clean Air Act and make college tuition tax deductible...
...retiring Democrat David Pryor and persuaded Hutchinson, who was considered a shoo-in for re-election in the traditionally Republican Third District, to take a chance. Hutchinson, a balanced-budget hawk who proposed tough welfare restrictions for unwed mothers, is now declaring his respect for Pryor, vowing to protect Medicare and pledging to give workers a bigger take-home check...