Word: resistible
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...asking people to resist the temptation of big tax cuts," says TIME White House correspondent Karen Tumulty, "by trying to make credible what he's been saying for years: that the budget can actually get balanced." The lesson -- live within your means -- is not particularly sexy politically. But Clinton feels that Americans asked him to clean up the deficits of the Reagan and Bush years, tax-cut-fueled deficits which Monday he called "the failed policies of the past." Now he's offering to finish...
...thought before the Hubble Space Telescope came along. New images released last week show that the process is more complex and violent than anyone believed. Supersonic jets of particles and dense clots of dust warp the glowing gas into a variety of fantastic shapes that even scientists can't resist nicknaming. It'll happen to the sun too--but luckily, not for another 5 billion years, give or take a billion...
...anorexia and neuroses, has briefed the court on Lockwood's alcohol and drug dependency, stating bluntly, in response to her demands for a sizable settlement, that "I am most fearful that should Victoria receive significantly more money from me than she does at present, she will be unable to resist the lure of the substances to which she is/was addicted and/or unprincipled individuals who may seek to take advantage of her." He cited his fears for their four children in such a scenario, even though Lockwood says she has recovered from substance abuse...
Even behind bars, though, he could not resist needling Deng in a series of letters that were smuggled out of jail and published overseas. "Your problem," Wei wrote Deng in 1987, "is that you have too much ambition, too little talent and you're narrow-minded." And on Nov. 11, 1989: "You say, 'We are not afraid of going it alone, and no one has the right to interfere in our domestic affairs.' You unscrupulous schemer! Do you think that treating the people of China as a joke makes you some kind of hero? It's time to loosen...
...perfect winter jacket can take a lifetime of devoted shopping. However, the brutal Iowa winters of Dr. K's youth have taught her well--she never feels cold or looks bulky. The trick is to layer like a farm girl. When looking for the ultimate winter coat, try to resist the allure of poofy Michelin Man jackets and other high-tech numbers. Instead, bust out with several strata of cozy natural fibers...