Word: skirmishers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This early skirmish in the Republican revolution shows that Phil Gramm's America is a nation of people who think that only they pay for government, and who resent the fact that their money benefits anyone else. It was that America Gramm addressed when he declared--at his $4.1 million fundraiser--"We are one victory away from getting our money back...
...environmental, health and safety rules by a vote of 276-146, with GOP supporters brushing aside Democratic cries that public health and safety would be jeopardized. Even if Clinton were to veto all the GOP bills, says TIME Washington contributor Nina Burleigh, the Republicans have already won the political skirmish: "They're forcing him to defend certain 'wedge issue' programs, and he's going to have to defend some of them," she says...
...Trade Skirmish with China...
Ecuador accepted a ceasefire proposed by neighboring countries and the U.S. in the weeklong military skirmish with Peru, but Peru refused to cooperate. Representatives of the two countries are meeting in Brazil to try and resolve the border clash, which escalated into armed conflict three weeks ago. Unofficial reports say more than 20 Peruvians and 30 Ecuadorians have been killed so far. The dispute stems from a 1942 treaty that delineated a new border between the two countries, but left some 50 miles unmarked...
...UCLA will issue a parallel guide to teaching world history. Disagreements over how to treat Western European civilization in relation to other cultures are said to have been particularly intense. In short, the conflict over National Standards may be only the first round in a long, bitter intellectual skirmish...