Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea of requiring broadcast outlets to provide advertising slots, the main thing campaigns spend money on, free of charge to them. No big outlays, goes the reasoning, no need for big fund raising. But on the most important piece of current reform legislation, the McCain-Feingold bill banning "soft money" contributions, Gore has to keep his distance. One reason is that Republicans may walk away from it if they think Gore will boost his chances in 2000 by taking credit for its passage. Another is that Clinton badly wants that same credit for himself...
...Asia, battered Japan is back from the brink of disaster. After little growth in 1995, it last year recorded 3% growth, the fastest among the big industrial economies. Meanwhile, China, its expansion having run amuck two years ago, has managed to pull off a "soft landing" by cutting back inflation without a recession...
...drawing room of a simple yet elegant English cottage, the soothing strains of Ella singing "Always" wafting in the background, fresh flowers on the table and a decanter of wine waiting for you. Suddenly, from stage left, caustic British wit slices through the air and shatters the soft stillness. This, my friends, is a Noel Coward play...
...meeting. But, in a significant departure from earlier claims, he added that Russia now wants only "a voice, not a veto" in the NATO alliance. Primakov has taken a hard line toward NATO expansion ever since taking over Andrei Kozyrev, whom Russian critics had accused of being too soft toward the West. But his contention that that NATO expansion would trigger a wave of communist-nationalist outrage that will weaken reform has worn thin in the face of polls that show average Russians don't care about the issue. Albright arrived armed with a package of proposals to make...
...scheduled trip to Beijing, compressing talks with Chinese officials into one day on Monday. "Overall, however, the timing of Deng's death was not too bad," notes FlorCruz. "The socio-economic situation is under control. Public perception on the severity of corruption and inflation has improved. After the successful soft-landing, the economy is enjoying a high growth rate while keeping inflation below 10 percent." All in all, not a bad measure of Deng?s leadership...