Word: ran
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Presidential candidate Elizabeth A. Haynes '98, who ran unsuccessfully for vice president last semester and is a vocal proponent of campaign finance reform, said this semester's changes have made the election "leaps and bounds better for people running on their...
...104th Congress only after a tremendous fight by Democrats and massive resistance from Republicans. Republicans tried to excuse their inexcusable raids on Medicare while saying that they were only trying to "save" it. Newt took an extended vacation from the public view, and Republican incumbents all across the country ran from him and from their votes supporting his agenda. In 1996, congressional Republicans were on the defensive, scrambling at the 11th hour to give themselves a moderate image and to save their political lives. On Election Day, this strategy saved many of the Republicans in Congress, particularly the first-years...
Meanwhile, Bill Clinton ran on his strong economic record, his resistance to Republican extremism and his proposals for reform. Voters re-elected him in a tremendous electoral landslide and a comfortable eight-point margin over Bob Dole. Bill Clinton's victory was not hollow. He put forth bold proposals, especially in the area of education. President Clinton wants to guarantee that every American student will be able to afford college, and his plan of tax breaks and deductions will help to achieve that goal. Hopefully, over the next two years, Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott will be able...
...central administration and its power ran contrary to the decentralized management style preferred by Harvard's schools--a policy known as "every tub on its own bottom...
...minutes were now officially under way, and I quickly realized that I had overlooked one crucial detail--I still had no idea where Widener kept its books. I ran in circles panicking until a friend advised me to ask the man at the information desk where they were. The plan was so crazy it just might work. I followed the man's directions: made a right and opened the door that said "book return" (The reader may note a point of irony: I had not yet seen any books, but I now knew where to return them). I then proceeded...