Word: sided
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...extra money ? ought to be our first priority. They?re absolutely right. And the polls indicate that people also think that Bill Clinton is the man to do it for them. (This impression, most likely, is the result of countless Clinton speeches about irresponsible "instant gratification" on the Republican side and safe, sane saving for the future by your friends at the White House.) Clinton keeps saying only he can save Medicare and Social Security; the Republicans say they can save the sacred cows and pay for a tax cut, and still keep the debt shrinking and the budget balanced...
...creditors to extend a little leeway on debt repayment. "Different ministries are already quarreling about how real the surplus is because the budget was calculated at a much higher ruble-to-dollar rate," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "There certainly are some strong economic indicators on the positive side ? exports are up, imports are down and industrial output is increasing. But the improvement in government revenues is mostly due to a rise in oil export earnings and tighter currency controls. And the economy remains as graft-riddled and barter-driven as ever...
...White House President Clinton is taking no chances. Democrats in Congress are still united behind him against Republican-sized tax cuts; the public appetite for them is still negligible. Alan Greenspan, that avatar of avatars, is still mostly on his side. But just in case anyone was wavering as the newly unified GOP plan hit the papers Wednesday, the White House shifted their pre-negotiation negotiations into high gear with the same strategy that got him through the last six years: stay on message and stay on television. "If they conclude this plan and send it to me," Clinton said...
Anyone who thinks Christine Jean got rich by winning a Goldman Environmental Prize in 1992 should take a spin in her antiquated Renault. Most of the windows don't roll down; the passenger-side door opens only from the outside; and the paint is pocked with rust. But Jean doesn't care. All her $60,000 prize money went to Loire Vivante, the umbrella group she has headed since 1987. Its mission: blocking a gargantuan dam-building project that could have destroyed beautiful landscape and fragile ecosystems surrounding Europe's last wild river...
When Professor David Townsend and his former student Kathleen Kennedy were married, their friends gave them a potter's wheel. It seemed like a good idea at the time. "Kathleen has all the attributes [for it]: focus, persistence, a spiritual side and immense desire to complete the work," says David. She was destined, he thought, to be a wonderful wife, mother--and potter...