Word: terming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...immediate images of a campaign, highlighted in glossy brochures and pat sales pitches, are of posh new buildings and prestigious endowed professorships, but the long term--and less publicized effect--is to indefinitely (or at least until the next campaign) increase one of a university's most important sources of revenue...
...this move, the editors squander an early opportunity to draw attention to the substantive issues the council faces this term, opting instead to trot out an argument which is neither new nor informative...
...Reno was considered something a cowboy when it came to alleged Clinton wrongdoings, which is why Clinton didn't really want Reno back for his second term. Yet he retained her, for that very reason: to prove both his innocence and her impartiality...
Despite your resolve at the beginning of the term to workout everyday and stay away from the donuts and the chocolate, you now find yourself out of shape once again...
...Governor Whitman, she now finds herself in a surprisingly tight re-election fight against a little-known Democratic challenger. This despite three strong points in her favor: her national popularity after aggressive tax-cutting early in her term, a well-received response to President Clinton's State of the Union address, and her status as one of the biggest draws on the Republican speakers' circuit. Although she'll probably win, Whitman will have to earn her victory the old-fashioned way: by first overcoming voter anger directed at her for rising property taxes and the highest automobile insurance rates...