Word: turned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...convinced members of Congress that a stand against protection will anger voters. A senator from Michigan who opposed restrictions on imported cars would risk losing office, not because he would be unable to raise enough money to run for reelection, but because so many of his constituents would turn out to vote against...
...column "Say It Ain't So, Mr. President" (Jan. 29), Susannah B. Tobin manages to turn a critique of the President's alleged affair into a polemic against Republicans and the Republican Party. Tobin compares the current scandal to Watergate; but this comparison serves only to highlight Clinton's relative innocence. While Nixon was "paranoid and plotting" and committed acts of "evil," Clinton's actions are merely "stupid" and stem from a "personal flaw." Of course, many of us have a large personal flaw and do many stupid things. Most of us, however, have never committed the felony of perjury...
...nation that cares for all of its unfortunates, that preserves welfare and creates job opportunity, also creates hope for those who turn to abortion as an economic solution. A nation which cares for its children and believes in their importance to its future, will be one that sees fewer abortions. Liberalization and streamlining of adoption laws helps reduce the number of abortions. Free prenatal care and later child care help reduce abortions...
...good feeding frenzies turn, sooner or later, on the feeders themselves. Last night, CNN staged a "national town hall" with a panel of journalism's top sharks. Unfortunately, little came out of the rambling, self-serving exercise. Dan Rather said that news today is driven by circulation, not standards, and correctly noted that if he had stayed behind in Cuba to cover the pope rather than jetting back to Washington, he would have had to seek asylum from the wrath of his employers. The best line of the night came from an amazingly calm Mike McCurry, on remote from...
...doesn't sound good for Monica Lewinsky. "If you asked if we made any progress, we are making progress today on preparing Monica a defense," said her attorney, William Ginsburg, after a brief meeting with the tough-talking Kenneth Starr Thursday. That could mean no immunity deal, which in turn raises the possibility that the ex-intern at the center of the affair will be called before Starr's grand jury ? only to plead the Fifth...