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...obtain approval from Washington. It sent its plan within the statutory deadline and received a response from federal officials, who asked the usual large number of questions. But instead of a prompt follow-up, Bush's regulators waited nearly a year to submit a revised version. Another volley of paperwork continued until August 1997, when Congress passed the CHIP program, overtaking the state plan. But even then, Bush took his time to start up CHIP, although the program requires less of a state contribution than Medicaid (25% versus 40%). When CHIP finally did start, last May, a total of five...
...tournament, restated his belief that many male college players and members of the seniors' tour could defeat the sisters. "Do women golfers say they could go out and beat Tiger Woods?" he asked. "Where's their humility?" Venus, the 20-year-old U.S. Open champ, declined to return the volley. "I'm always honest," she said, "and the fact is that I'm a good player...
...obtain approval from Washington. It sent its plan within the statutory deadline and received a response from federal officials, who asked the usual large number of questions. But instead of a prompt follow-up, Bush's regulators waited nearly a year to submit a revised version. Another volley of paperwork continued until August 1997, when Congress passed the CHIP program, overtaking the state plan. But even then, Bush took his time to start up CHIP, although the program requires less of a state contribution than Medicaid (25 percent versus 40 percent). When CHIP finally did start, last May, a total...
Hadzialic responded, however, jumping on Choo's second serve in an attempt to neutralize the serve-and-volley that had hurt him in the first set. He broke Choo early in the set to go up 3-1, and the two played pretty much even the rest of the way. At 5-6, though, Choo double-faulted twice and ended up dropping...
Blush vs. Gore Bette Midler was not the only performer who seemed oblivious to the codes of the New Model Democratic Army. Prior to introducing Midler, actor-comedian John Leguizamo unleashed a volley of jokes about Jews and Hispanics "licking Bush" that the audience sensed were causing great discomfort in the front row, though his impression of Bush learning his Spanish by instructing "the help" was on safer ground...