Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that by any historical measure, he never should have been that far ahead in the first place. While Gore did help himself with a buoyant convention and a focused message, he is also helped as people begin to pay more attention and discover the Veep is not quite the stiff they thought he was. He not only has an edge on the issues Americans say they care most about, from education and the environment to Social Security and Medicare, as of last week he had even caught up in the popularity contest, edging past Bush in the race...
...since the Gulf War has America seen oil prices of $35 dollars a barrel, last week's high. And the prospect of stiff prices for heating oil this winter is already giving us a chill. Not surprisingly, share prices for the big three oil companies, ExxonMobil, BP Amoco, and Royal Dutch, have risen accordingly. If you missed Big Oil's runup, consider Not So Big Oil: companies such as Conoco and USX Marathon have been relatively ignored by investors, but they're turning analysts' heads. "These are companies whose profits have exploded while their share prices remain dormant," says...
...Yalu) was to have this message, "RATS", flash subliminally in the mind of the late Lawrence Harvey and persuade him to vote Republican in November. Not only Lawrence Harvey, but millions of previously normal Americans: Envision them on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November walking stiff-legged and blank-eyed, zombielike, to the polls, muttering, "RATS, RATS... DemocRATS...
...looked like a draw, albeit a bloody one. Even as the credits rolled and the candidates headed off to their corners - they probably needed a nice stiff drink - there was some lingering tension over Lazio's forceful proffer of the soft-money ban, and even the unflappable Russert looked slightly befuddled...
...rather have a stiff president than a stupid one." -Dee Goss Westby, 71, of La Crosse, Wis., pitching slogans to Gore camp...