Word: rejection
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...Senate. In fact, the only proposal thus far even approaching that mark is a Republican measure, unveiled last week by minority leader Bob Dole and backed by 39 of the Senate's 44 G.O.P. members. It is a minimalist bill, forcing insurers to cover some people they now reject and providing $100 billion in subsidies over five years to those too poor to afford the premiums -- and that's about it. The continuing divisions among Democrats and the new unity among Republicans raise more doubt than ever whether any health-care bill remotely resembling Clinton's plan -- or any bill...
...protect him.) Despite their past differences with Panetta, political advisers such as Begala, James Carville and Mandy Grunwald are likely to gain in strength too with less counterinfluence from Gergen and McLarty (and a possible boost from Hillary Rodham Clinton, who tends to lean their way). All these advisers reject the bipartisan approach that won victories for the Brady Bill and NAFTA in favor of an appeal to the liberal Democratic core constituency. In some cases they would rather have an issue to use against the Republicans than a legislative victory...
Pisar and Pillsbury adamantly reject the charges of incompetence. "When we conceived this building, economic times were different," Pisar says. "And the board approved everything. There was no dissension about the building or about our vision." Says Pillsbury: "It's not that we overspent; it's just that it's been a great struggle, as it has for every institution." Pillsbury, an heir to the flour fortune and a sometime actor and poet, will soon step down after 27 years as executive director to make "room for new leadership," as he puts it. Pisar seems headed for an emeritus position...
...reject the notion that there is an acceptable level of corruption. As a society, we must be committed to a policy of zero tolerance when it comes to official misconduct. Otherwise, its corrosive effort will undermine the very principle upon which this nation stands...
...example of Italy is the one that troubles Europeans most. In the midst of a soul-destroying political crisis, Italian voters reached not just to the right but to the spiritual descendants of Mussolini to rescue their nation. These new politicians reject any direct fascist connection. Today's National Alliance says it is not interested in the authoritarian leadership and bombastic nationalism of the old Fascists but in tougher jail sentences, job creation and limits on immigration...