Word: saws
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Defiant talk in Washington, however, was little comfort to Republicans who saw how well the issue was playing on the campaign circuit. Democratic attacks caught them unawares in special elections in California and New Mexico. John Linder, who chairs the House Republican campaign committee, warned G.O.P. candidates that while strangling the tobacco bill wasn't hurting Republicans, giving aid and comfort to the managed-care companies would. So G.O.P. candidates have been taking cover where they can find it. In the House, Norwood counted 90 Republicans among the 232 sponsors of his reform legislation; in the Senate, no less...
...months ago the truth finally became impossible to ignore. A tiny mound of dried mud appeared on the bathroom ceiling; when Patrick scraped it aside and peered into the quarter-size hole underneath, he saw them--pale white termites, hundreds of them, scurrying through the dank darkness above. "I freaked out," he says. "I grabbed a can of Raid and blasted it into the hole"--about as effective as using a water pistol on a herd of rampaging elephants...
...atmosphere in France is a mixture ofnational pride and good-natured cultural exchangebetween countries. Osnoss remembers a Tunisiandance exposition held outside the stadium afterthe match he saw...
However Wall Street may have viewed the deal, some regulators saw it as a welcome spur to local competition--even as the Baby Bells howled. William E. Kennard, chairman of the FCC, says the merger looks "eminently thinkable." That hardly heartened US West and Bell Atlantic--which last year gobbled up neighboring NYNEX--which demanded access to long-distance markets should the deal go through. So far, Washington has barred the Bells from offering long-distance service to their own local customers on ground that they have not yet opened their "loops" to such rivals...
...Everything you're hearing now is hearsay," he starts out. "Let me give you an example. Are we remembered as being drunks and chasing broads? I never saw Frank, Dean, Sammy or Peter drunk during performances. That was only a gag! And do you believe these guys had to chase broads? They had to chase 'em away...