Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the age difference, their opponents certainly weren't lacking in the skill department...
...haughtily tossed him out of his tiny White House shop and turned to politically naive hair stylists? Pitts, who believed hair had become a crucial image factor, thought so. A few students of presidential esoterica have had sympathy for the ideas of this jolly tradesman, who through skill and nerve climbed higher in the power circle than any other barber in history outside of Seville...
...Kennel Club was founded 110 years ago by a group of American bluebloods who pledged "to do everything to advance the study, breeding, exhibiting, running and maintenance of purity of thoroughbred dogs." At the time purebreds were status symbols, owned exclusively by the wealthy and prized for their strength, skill and intelligence as much as for their looks...
...Gone is the leftist firebrand who coyly refused to discipline the mob that brought him to power. Gone too is the self-righteous, mercurial contrarian of Washington exile. In their place is a man whom experience has imbued with wisdom, a newfound respect for dialogue and a deft skill for the politics of pragmatism...
Jobs. Building on the catchy Clintonism "What you earn depends on what you learn," the alternative proposes individual development accounts, tax- sheltered savings workers could draw upon to pay for skill-enhancing education and training. It would also create a market-based "G.I. Bill for working Americans." The $1.5 billion already allocated to train dislocated workers would fund "job-opportunity vouchers." Customers would shop for the programs best suited to their needs, a vast improvement over the existing, government-controlled system. A 1993 Labor Department study found that those seeking the government's help are "given inaccurate information about prospects...