Word: sanding
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Facing a nearly solid blockade of GOP opposition, President Clinton drew a line in the political sand and proposed increasing the minimum wage by 90 cents to $5.15 an hour over a two year period. In a Rose Garden ceremony, Clinton said that without the increase, the real buying power of the minimum wage would fall to a 40-year low next year. To counter this, Clinton proposed two hikes of 45 cents each over the current level of $4.25 an hour. But even as he released the plan, the Administration braced for what will surely be a bloody battle...
...Shakespeare, brevity may be the soul of wit, but to the Harvard Square faithful, there was nothing pointedly funny about the brief message posted on the door of Elsie's Sand-wich Shop late last month...
There is not much to Netzarim, the Jewish settlement in the heart of the Gaza Strip. Amid a neat grid of white cottages, a few patches of grass struggle against the native sand. There is a cluster of trailer homes, some chicken yards, hothouses for lettuce, and a patch of mango trees. Netzarim is a tiny community of just 32 families -- 180 people -- but it is the cause of great commotion. As the most vulnerable of the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, Netzarim and the Israeli army contingent that guards it have become favorite targets for Palestinian militants. Over...
...also believes society shows a willingness to face up to its predicament. "People don't have their heads in the sand anymore," she says. "The general populace seems to realize we're in the middle of a mess and that it can be somewhat comforting to hear a description of that mess put to beautiful music." By that difficult measure, Turbulent Indigo is indeed somewhat comforting...
...that runs in front of the White House in order to give agents easier control of sightseers. Protests came from all quarters, including Bill Clinton, who said, "I just don't think in a free society you can have the President of the country kind of hiding in the sand and just wall him off in the White House...