Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea mentioned in the speech, matching each one with a specific policy proposal and a media event to communicate it. The result was two months' worth of policies, often with two or three events a week. The campaign model, duplicated again and again, was a low-cost proposal to strengthen communities accompanied by a bully-pulpit road show featuring Good Neighbor Bill. Everything was coming up values. Morris began cherry-picking good new ideas throughout the Executive Branch, using his unmatched zeal to push them to fruition. The West Wing became a floating policy meeting that gave...
...Commerce officials say Huang disqualified himself from any matters involving Indonesia because of his work for Lippo. But congressional investigators have uncovered documents to dispute that. They show that shortly after Huang joined the department, he attended two meetings at which officials from several federal agencies discussed ways to strengthen trade relations with Indonesia...
...Democrat to challenge incumbent Ernest Istook, he delayed his plans. Forsythe has taken his campaign to the people by driving from town to town in a white pickup with wife Rosie. Education is a big concern: he opposes funneling federal money to private schools through vouchers, and wants to strengthen public schools instead...
...interesting. In a fit of honesty, he announced that he is gay; then his brother Stanley and six other relatives--a sister-in-law, nephew, nephew's wife, cousin and cousin's wife--endorsed his opponent. (Barby explained that his brother had long supported the G.O.P.) Barby wants to strengthen education and the rural economy, but he faces a battle on one issue: in this gun-toting district, he supports the Brady Bill and the assault-weapons...
...Congressman as solidly liberal as his district, 21-year incumbent Waxman is a Los Angeles institution. He has led the Democratic charge to strengthen environmental regulations and create a national health-care system. His vocal attacks on tobacco earned him a trip to court, thanks to a suit by cigarette giant Brown & Williamson. But this popular and tough Democratic strategist is an odds-on favorite to win again...