Word: stood
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...character--the lies he told, the friends he betrayed, the garbage he collected in the campaign to save his skin--even his enemies last week were left wondering at the political skill that goes with it. The most hardened pros could scarcely imagine the assignment Clinton took on. He stood Tuesday night before an audience that included the Senators who are in the process of deciding whether all the ways he dishonored his office warrant stripping him of it--and then he flaunted its power and magic, bet the farm, promised the moon, massaged his approval ratings, and went...
...keep ignoring the polls he lives by?--and was stunned that he still hadn't managed to shut it all down. At recent public appearances, his eyes have teared up at inopportune moments--a lapse that's startlingly different from the calculated mawkishness he's known for. He has stood onstage staring into space while awaiting an introduction and has rushed from his public events at first opportunity...
...respect for others were plainly evident on the day in June 1992 when, in the middle of the courtroom, he toppled flat onto his back. Coughing up blood, the prosecutor from San Bernardino County, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, apologized profusely to the court for the delay. "David stood out" for his fairness and selflessness, says his former boss John Kochis. "You felt good when you were around David...
According to my observations, Gore rose faster than Hastert on all of the most feel-good issues. Hastert stood up first on only two occasions. One was to support fast-track legislation, the other when Clinton offered words of thanks to his vice president. By refusing to pay tribute to himself, Gore showed either humility or latent self-hatred. Either quality would be a welcome change in the person who replaces Clinton...
...Gibbons '99, co-president of the co-op, said he was pleased because the unique study break was finally recognized this year. Two years ago, he stood on a table wearing nothing but boxers and read poetry aloud, but the guard took no action...