Word: shores
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...getting into the act. When I arrived home for Thanksgiving, I asked my sister what was new at her school. "We put condoms on wooden penises in English class today," she informed me. I learned that my alma mater, Roslyn High School, located on Long Island's North Shore, has become the first school district outside New York City to distribute condoms in addition to thorough condom education. What an honor...
Before any negotiating begins, however, Clinton will try to shore up his credibility by talking tough. Early this week he plans to deliver a speech to the centrist Democratic Leadership Council focusing on the "values" that he promises are nonnegotiable in any effort to balance the budget. He will also give an Oval Office address or hold a press conference to explain why the government is shutting down. The message will be that the President is standing tall. Warily, Democrats in Congress will be watching to see how long that posture lasts...
...March). That is to be followed by elections Jan. 20 for a new self-governing Palestinian Authority in the no-longer-occupied territories. Arafat is working very hard to get the extremist Hamas movement into switching from suicide bombings to balloting, something he needs badly to shore up his credibility and the authority of the newly elected governing council. But nothing is final. Two months after the voting, Arafat has promised, he will at long last eliminate the provisions in the P.L.O. covenant calling for the destruction of the state of Israel...
...encouragement to Taiwanese independence. At the same time, Jiang's denunciations served other purposes. He gained credit with hard-liners in Beijing, especially the military, for stoutly supporting China's national interests and standing up to the U.S. superpower. More and more, the regime has exploited nationalism to shore up its legitimacy, and this emergence on the New York stage provided Jiang with a fine opportunity to appear as China's advocate...
...this warfare [between Pepcid and Tagamet] is to shore up the battlements before Zantac," says Susan Coleman, managing partner of NCI Consulting in Princeton, New Jersey. When Zantac 75 wins approval for over-the-counter sales in the U.S., she predicts, "World War III starts." She notes that while other over-the-counter acid blockers had been on the British market for a year before Zantac 75 appeared in January, it took only three months to overwhelm the competition. "Zantac on the market will be a significant competitor," says Robert Kniffin, vice president of Johnson & Johnson's external communications...