Word: raring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fruit of the Loom's favorite trade bill has led to a rare split between Kentucky's two conservative Republican Senators. While McConnell is expected to support the tariff cut, his colleague Jim Bunning has no intention of backing the measure. Asks Bunning: "How many more jobs do we have to lose until we wake up and smell the Caribbean coffee...
...proof of Islam." Over dates and tea in his office, the diminutive religious scholar turned newspaper publisher spoke with tones of bureaucractic conformity. But his words were far from blather. "Transferring power to the people was an objective of our revolution 20 years ago," he told TIME in a rare interview. But, he added candidly, "power has a tendency to create authoritarianism...
...here's the good news. Such attacks are still rare; they can easily be detected; and all it takes to prevent them is common sense. Turn off file sharing in your network control panel. Add password protection to your most precious files. And for goodness' sake, don't ever, ever open an e-mail attachment from someone you don't know and trust like family...
...course, being spontaneous requires careful preparation. When Bush tells reporters that there is still time to "screw it up," is it a rare moment of self-doubt or mere spin to lower expectations? I suspect the latter. John McCain's I-tell-it-like-it-is demeanor is compelling, but Senate colleagues think he's hiding his red-faced temper. Gore has explicitly said he's "throwing away" his prepared text. To broadcast his soul searching, he has released his Vietnam letters. His campaign has even leaked Gore's handwritten text of an ad to show he's not consultant...
...right - the Falcons are favored over... somebody? For anyone in Atlanta, there?s nothing to see here, please disburse; Carolina will have its rare chance to smile this Sunday. Their defense should get an ego boost against a Falcons team that mustered just 49 yards on the ground against the Steelers last week. In that game, the Falcons gave up just 14 first downs and still found a way to lose, as bad teams do. The Panthers are more talented than their record reveals. Look for the cat to eat the bird...