Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...revamp the state's campaign finance system and ban soft-money...
...Paul Cellucci remain locked in a tight battle for governor. Although their positions are similar on many issues, they have come to verbal blows over the question of how to treat welfare recipients. Harshbarger calls Cellucci's stance "anti-child, anti-woman;" Cellucci accuses Harshbarger of being far too soft on welfare moms and far too liberal with state money. Since they offer very different agendas around this issue, the outcome of this election may have a direct effect on many of Massachusetts's 62,000 families who receive welfare benefits...
...welfare reform. Harshbarger argues that the new work requirements can hurt motivated mothers and their children. He wants women on welfare who are engaged in substantial education programs--such as attending a community college--to be exempt from the 20-hour work requirement. Cellucci thinks that's far too soft. If women on welfare want to go to college, they can do that in addition working...
...hard to imagine a place more different from dreary Belgrade. In an eighth-floor apartment above New York City's Central Park West, Richard Holbrooke slumps into a soft couch in his book-lined study to recount his latest diplomatic adventure. Sipping a Diet Coke and fielding phone calls while he talks, Holbrooke is clearly a man wired by more than caffeine. Back from the Balkans fewer than three days--and with a fragile peace in hand--he is answering calls of congratulations and patching up some final diplomatic work...
...drum machines, but the results often lack kick. Nonetheless, singer Michael Stipe is in fine form, and his lyrics are typically haunting and nuanced (a complete lyric sheet is included for the first time). The focus here is on delicately constructed ballads, and several of the songs have the soft, fresh feel of just-showered skin. R.E.M. is still a great band. What the new, drummerless group lacks in power it tries to make up for in loveliness...