Word: standing
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...jury that the young woman was drunk and the sex consensual. Last week a sexologist said the girl's hysteria could have resulted from guilt and anxiety over her first sexual experience. Several witnesses were grilled about the size of her beer glass. And unless Kelly takes the stand in his own defense, which he has not yet decided to do, the jury may never learn that a second girl, this one 17 at the time, claims that Kelly raped her four days later, under almost identical circumstances. (In a bid for change of venue, on the ground that...
...name recognition to give him an edge for this open seat. Like his opponent, Sessions is passionately anti-drug and pro-family, but he's also campaigning on a Republican platform of lower taxes and fiscal frugality. He's for "modest cuts" in spending, but he vows to stand by Medicare and Social Security. If elected, Sessions would give the g.o.p. control of both Alabama Senate seats for the first time since Reconstruction...
...lost the last election to retiring Democrat Blanche Lambert. Like other Arkansas Republicans, he supports a program of individual tax cuts to stimulate the economy, and a $500-per-child tax credit for those who make less than $75,000 a year. He's taken some shots for his stand on Medicare cuts, but he's counting on his G.O.P. connections, including a visit by actor Charlton Heston, to put him over...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I think that I stand a very good chance of being victorious in my race with Mr. Castle...I believe I have a better understanding of what people are going through and what needs to be done...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I will pledge to fight any tax increase in Congress, and to stand up for the taxpayers who are obviously paying too much in taxes...