Word: things
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...both men were swatting away charges about their brains and their tempers with the other great weapon in this race, the sword of authenticity. "The only thing I know to do is be myself," Bush told TIME, when asked if it bothered him to be tarred as a lightweight. "And, ya know, if people like it, fine; if they don't like it, that's the way it is." As for McCain, he argued to TIME that his imperfections only improved him. "By realizing that you are a person with some weaknesses, it gives you a better appreciation that others...
...engaged in sensitive negotiations. And never mind the fact that he probably meant the Mediterranean Sea, along which Israel has a lengthy border, and not the Red Sea, on which it has but one port. There was something else jarring about what Bush said. There is no such thing as an "inter"-ballistic missile. These mistakes may seem minor, but taken together they suggest that Bush is still under water when grappling with foreign- and defense-policy basics...
...there such a thing as a wrenching dilemma for Bush? When asked to name the toughest decisions he's made, he hesitates, as if he can't think of any. "Well, the toughest decision was to run," he says at first. He pauses again and then recalls two death-penalty decisions, including his well-publicized refusal to grant a stay of execution to Karla Faye Tucker, that are featured in his book A Charge to Keep, which will be published next week. The next tough call that comes to mind: "The decision to fire Bobby Valentine" as manager...
...Mart? I can't tell you I can give you a definite answer. But I can tell you that I have a rationale for it." Nevertheless, within the company and without, there was muttering that Sam--Wal-Mart's late founder, Sam Walton--wouldn't stand for such a thing. Wrong, says Glass. Sam knew better than to buck the customers...
...relationship revealed such "depravity" that it could "endanger the morals or health" of the little girl, a sunshiney four-year-old who prizes her Barbies. The grandmother took action after seeing the three discuss their lifestyle on an MTV program, Sex in the '90s: It's a Group Thing...