Word: spreading
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...treaty neared a final floor vote. The White House won crucial support from a number of wavering Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, after President Clinton offered last-minute assurances that the U.S. would withdraw from the treaty if it ever becomes necessary to protect America against the spread of chemical weapons. Despite strong opposition from many of his conservative colleagues, Lott hailed the offer as an "ironclad commitment" from the White House and said the U.S. will be "marginally better off with it than without it." With some 17 Republicans pinning their decisions on whichever way Lott voted...
...impressive that he is able to spread himself over so many events," Ciollo said. "He showed again why he was the team's MVP last year...
...national Kick Butts Day, Molly Patterson, a student from Petaluma, California, decided she and her classmates would write an open letter to hometown girl Ryder asking her to stop smoking in movies. Before the letter was sent, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, sensing a good way to spread its message, told the media about it. Ryder, who has lit up in four of her 18 movies (including Reality Bites, above) was horrified at the story and phoned Patterson at school. She also released a statement saying she doesn't advocate smoking, but the characters she plays "are not always...
People were not happy with Tiger Woods. Three weeks ago, he appeared on the cover of the April issue of GQ magazine in a typically silly spread (you know the kind: "In the limo,fresh from a terribly wearisome photo shoot, Tiger Woods says..."). The interviewer, Charles Pierce, quotes him making some notably off-color remarks, and what was worse, it seemed clear from this interview that Tiger was in the habit of cracking jokes about African-Americans. People did not know quite what to make...
MINA, Saudi Arabia: At least 180 Muslim pilgrims died when a tent city outside Mecca burst into flame. Witnesses said the fire started shortly before noon, possibly caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder used for cooking. High winds coupled with 104-degree heat caused the blaze to spread quickly among some 70,000 wood-and-canvas tents. Firefighters needed several hours to contain the blaze. As often happens in catastrophic fires, the majority of the casualties were victims of the side-effects of the blaze, in this case the stampede that broke out as the flames spread...