Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After all, you have to admit that we haven't exactly set the world on fire yet. Let's take a quick look at some of the features of our generation, what we've been able to offer to the world thus far. Contributions such as...uh...hmmm. There's so-called "alternative" rock, you know, music so edgy that you'll only find it on no fewer than four major radio stations at one time. Marcy Playground, please stand up and take a bow, then quickly return to your well-deserved obscurity...
...even back then: it had been around since at least 1386, when Members of Parliament used it to describe the financial shenanigans of one Michael de la Pool. The phrase seemed to combine the right measure of breadth and gravity--not just any crimes, but the "high" ones. A quick vote was taken, the phrase was accepted, and now the President's fate rests...
...Clinton was having mixed success with his Cabinet, his stock was sinking even faster with his party on Capitol Hill. Clinton's official supporters, Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Dick Gephardt of Missouri, urged members to stay cool, but congressional aides were quick to acknowledge that their bosses were appalled by the President's behavior. Members were worried that they would be guilty by association--a chain the G.O.P. was beginning to forge in some ad campaigns in key districts. The widely cited Battleground poll released last week showed that Clinton's personal problems have elevated "moral and religious...
...last for this to happen in Russia. The land is going from under our feet; our world is crumbling; and we react only by hoarding salt, sugar and matches. The people berate yet another failed leader and look for a strongman to deliver them. But while we are quick to denounce the leaders, we forget that they cannot be any different from us. Every nation has the leaders it deserves, but I have the uneasy feeling that we have the leaders we want--even if we do not dare admit it. And that is why we are where...
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