Word: trailed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Outside the President's immediate family and staff, Betsey Wright is probably Bill Clinton's most passionate defender. As a top aide in Arkansas and on the campaign trail, she was the chief squelcher of controversy and scandal. But now her peculiar combination of roles -- confidant, hatchet woman and business lobbyist -- is proving to be a potential hazard for the Administration. Just last week Wright had to disavow a New Yorker article that quoted her suggesting that Hillary Rodham Clinton had plans to run for the presidency. While most people in Washington know enough to take some of her statements...
...rode the campaign trail, Clinton sounded like an out-and-out internationalist. His proclamations on foreign policy were full of idealism and broad hopes for an improved world. He cited Woodrow Wilson, the epitomy of internationalism, as a role model. Then-Governor Clinton supported more robust U.S. cooperation with the U.N.; he called on the Bush administration to pay off its debt to the body, and he even supported the formation of a permanent U.N. military force, something the Bush administration firmly opposed...
...minimize the losses, Clinton plans to hit the fund-raising trail, where an appearance by the President can generate $1 million or more in local campaign donations. Clinton will be especially active in states where Republicans have recruited strong senatorial candidates. Among them: Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Tennessee. The First Lady will conduct her own tour, as will Al Gore, who is already stumping for Democrats once a week...
...lesson." The visitor, an international broker with diverse interests -- major weapons systems, oil, gold -- was intrigued by the emeralds and wanted advice from his well-connected hosts. A month earlier, he had traveled deep into the Ural Mountains, driving over forest roads not shown on any map, following a trail of whispered rumors that a cache of gem- quality stones was up for grabs. A group of miners, fed up with laggard paychecks, had supposedly been holding back emeralds in hopes of finding a private buyer...
...Even now I still read at least a book or two aweek," says Roosevelt, adding that the pressuresof his recent campaign trail have not kept himfrom his favorite hobby...