Word: resorted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weave as opposed to moving forward," says former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta. Even more damaging, Clinton has been holding his political capital in reserve for the potential impeachment battles on the Hill. He can't risk the bruising negotiations it takes to pass a bill or resort to the bully pulpit to push his agenda because he must maintain cordial relations with the Congress that may soon be his judge and jury. "It's just a reality," says Panetta. "It's playing with his mind. Deep down in his own gut, it's there...
LOCATION The Sun Valley Lodge in the lush mountains of Sun Valley, Idaho, a winter ski resort about 6,000 ft. above sea level and accessible most easily by gas-guzzling private...
...Vermont's supreme court, obeying the rules of the sandbox meant replacing the state's old school-funding system, in which local property taxes generally paid for local education, because doing things that way had led to terrific schools in affluent communities (especially those graced with ski slopes or resort lakes) and threadbare facilities for the have-nots. Under Act 60, the well off now face higher property taxes and slashed school budgets, while working-class communities can expect tax cuts and budget increases. Starting this year, property taxes will be collected by Montpelier and sent back to the towns...
...disputed Himalayan territory, where several Indian and Pakistani soldiers already die each week in cross-border skirmishes. India lashes back, sending its troops across the Pakistani border to chase militants. Islamabad retaliates with heavy artillery shelling. Conventional war breaks out and quickly escalates to the point where both sides resort to their nukes, and 15-kiloton, Hiroshima-size bombs are dropped by warplanes or lofted by missiles on densely populated cities like Bombay and Karachi. Many thousands of civilians die, and deadly fallout spreads throughout the subcontinent...
...that its walls grow more dense. Then, after decades of straining, it grows too big to pump blood very well. Fortunately, the abnormal thickening can be spotted by ultrasound. And in most cases, getting that blood pressure under control--through weight loss and exercise or, as a last resort, drug treatment--allows the overworked muscle to shrink to normal size...