Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Judging from the 550 people who showed up at a roller rink in tiny Eldridge, Iowa, to eat fried chicken and meet the candidate last Thursday, Gramm's bet may be a smart one. The overflow crowd, coming at the beginning of a two-day bus tour around the state, caught Gramm's organizers off guard. Extra tables had to be brought in from the local fire department and satellite parking arranged a quarter mile away. "Is this heaven?" wondered a pleased Gramm as he surveyed the gathering. To a Dole operative the next morning, it sounded more like hell...
...that." The crescendo of accusations, she maintained, has one cause: the political ambitions of Republicans. "What we said about Whitewater in the beginning has been proven true," Mrs Clinton said, referring to a government investigation of Whitewater that exonerated the Clintons. "I think the American public is fair and smart and will be able to make their own judgment...
...tables is widely anticipated. Japan is stimulating itself out of a long depression with interest rates near zero. What could be more stimulating than that? Japanese companies missed the personal-computer bonanza, but they may be catching up with new products that turn the dumb TV into a smart...
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS HAVE become fashionable among China's smart, urban set. Young men and women hold parties, exchange presents and finish up the night at local discos. This Christmas, however, such merrymaking was condemned. The Ministry of Public Security reportedly identified Christmas as a day for potential unrest because the celebrations bring groups of people together. The Workers' Daily, one of China's government-owned newspapers, criticized what it called the "Christmas craze" and gave a stiff warning to youths who "madly go after Western life-styles...
...WENT TO WORK THIS MORNING. AS I dropped off my five-year-old son at school, I kissed him goodbye for the day and thanked God that I had a beautiful boy and a good job. I was a heroin and methadone addict for eight years, but I was smart enough not to have children back then. I figured that if I couldn't help myself, I had no right to bring a child into the world to include in my suffering. I'm 13 years clean. When I saw Elisa's face on your cover, I was horrified...