Word: stomach
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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COMING ON THE HEELS OF GINGRICH'S BUDGET woes, the GOPAC fight has kept him on the defensive, a place he'd rather not linger. The next few weeks of budget summitry will require a tight focus and a strong stomach. The most immediate danger for Gingrich is that this extraordinary year will yield little concrete policy change--an outcome that Dole or Clinton could exploit in their presidential campaigns but one that could consign the Speaker to political limbo...
...lessons. One was the value of setting the bar high, in the belief that it's sometimes easier to do the impossible than the merely improbable. This was especially true about his insistence on balancing the budget in seven years, when conventional wisdom held that no politician had the stomach to balance...
...women performed exceptionally well, posting decisive victories with both of their weapons. Saturday's effort saw a foil, sophomore Jill Katz, and two epees, freshman Valerie Uzzell and sophomore captain Mallory Stewart, go undefeated. Foil captain Brindisi Chan went 10-2, while junior epee Heather Rypkema overcame the stomach flu to turn in a strong effort as well...
Quick-fixes are nice. When you've got a headache this big, you know exactly what's written all over it: directions on how to pop a pill and say good-bye to the pain. When your stomach hurts, you expect to find relief faster than the time it takes to spell it. A child-proof cap is usually all that stands between us and physical well-being...
...imposing an oil embargo on Africa's most populous country. "I don't think the EU will impose sanctions on the oil," reports Brussels bureau chief Jay Branegan. "While they are interested in sending a strong signal to the Nigerian military leadership, I don't think they have the stomach for an embargo. They also don't want to hurt the people of Nigeria. Oil is not only the main source of income for the generals, but also for much of the population. If an embargo is implemented, the generals will just find another place to sell. Finally, Shell...