Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...These guys hate McCain," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "They think he?s sanctimonious, and their seats are so safe that they risk absolutely nothing with a free walloping." And this time the maverick brought it on himself. "McCain tripped up," says Dickerson. "By bringing up specific pork barrel projects ?- which are a problem but not nearly as serious as, say, a big tax break to an industry that contributes millions to a party ? his rhetoric outstripped the larger, valid point he?s trying to make. So they jumped...
...lying. "Torricelli?s the head Democratic fund-raiser in the Senate," says Dickerson. "He doesn?t want this law. But if this thing starts to get close, you?re going to hear a lot of Democrats say very similar things: that stripped down, the bill suddenly doesn?t do enough...
Fortunately, my beat--men's hockey--doesn't start until the end of the month. So please forgive this momentary lapse of objectivity when I say that I'm going to the Fifth Annual Hockey Madness tonight...
...ever-earlier creeping of the political season can give candidates the opportunity to present full-fledged conceptions of American problems such as violence and work on selling the public on solutions that won't fit into a soundbite. Having the courage to step forward and truly say something means facing the fallout of critics, but only an immature or rapidly diminishing political system can be content with slogans in the place of ideas. Debates can only bring us closer to a campaign that tackles tough concerns, and candidates offered a debate should prove their seriousness by accepting as soon...
...Sunday, General Parvez Musharraf addressed the nation he now heads following Thursday's coup intending to, as they say in Congress, revise and extend his remarks. "This is not martial law," Musharraf told the country, but rather "another path toward democracy." Further, he made the surprising announcement that he would pull back troops from Pakistan's tense border with India and seek talks with his nuclear neighbor. India, which ordered its troops on high alert immediately following the coup, has so far reacted cautiously to the news. After two days of vainly casting about for a credible civilian administration...