Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...followers, whom she refers to as "Linda's army," are generally more rabid. Plus, she has a history of coming from behind. There's also the thorn-in-the-side-of-the-party factor, which in distant Washington State could work in her favor. Her D.C. colleagues can't stand her. "She's impossible to deal with. She's nuts. Totally bonkers," says a senior House Republican. That's probably because she won't join the boys on favored-nation status for China, or she once called Newt Gingrich a fat boy and voted against re-electing him Speaker...
...Palestinians, it was the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails. For the Israelis, it was revising the P.L.O. charter's call for Israel's destruction. That night by a fireplace, Clinton sat down with Arafat, Netanyahu and aides and told them, "I want to clearly understand where you stand on each issue." For four hours, patiently, deliberately, he urged them to explain their position. At the end, Clinton suggested they defer everything except security...
...version of himself on a sitcom, the comedian has been cast in a slightly less endearing role--as the other man in a New York City couple's divorce. Last week Seinfeld was publicly linked with JESSICA SKLAR, 26, who reportedly has not let her four-month-old marriage stand in the way of her dating. Sklar apparently began seeing Seinfeld, whom she met at the gym, mere weeks after returning from her honeymoon with Eric Nederlander, whose family owns a stake in the New York Yankees. Nederlander's spokesman, Howard Rubenstein, says the jilted groom has already filed...
...fire is that they affect not only everyone living in the house but the neighbors as well. The house that was once the pride of the village is suddenly the blight, and one wants it either flattened or restored to its former glory. If it merely continues to stand where it is, it creates a perpetual Halloween and haunts the whole town...
STEP 4 And even though you've completely ignored the common meaning of the word, pat yourself on the back for your courage: "I stand by my remark...