Word: vows
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...Sacramento preferred to blame the reporter who talked to Wilson, insisting that there was "absolutely nothing new" in today's remarks, says TIME's Jordan Bonfante. "In Sacramento, Wilson's statement was seen as a renewal of his long-held position on abortion," says Bonfante, "not as a vow to fight to lead the charge to remove the language from the GOP platform. In the past Wilson was opposed to the anti-abortion plank, but he has never tried to mount a big active campaign against it." Nevertheless, Wilson's timing in underscoring his position during a campaign strategy meeting...
With drink in hand, you tell yourself not to panic and that you'll just make the best of it while you're there, but vow that it will definitely be a while before Dave sees you again...
...Packwood tossed restlessly in bed on Wednesday night. He had ended the day with an in-your-face vow on Larry King Live that he was not going to quit his Senate post. Yet he was sleepless, pondering the prospect of an expulsion by his Senate colleagues. At about 1 a.m., the Oregon Republican told TIME, his ruminations were interrupted by the click of the air conditioning switching off. As he strained to see the time on his electric clock, Packwood realized there was a power outage. Worried that he might not have adequate light to groom himself...
...bill resonant of arms-race era defense initiatives, the Senate on Friday voted again to augment military spending. Specific outlays called for an additional $1.5 billion for the Seawolf submarine, increased spending on a domestic defense system against missile attack and a vote to scrap an earlier vow to discontinue missile testing...
...some clearer sign of his intentions. The other committee is the Exploratory Draft Colin Powell for President Committee, led by a group of black Republicans. They have sent a letter to Powell urging him to run, appointed regional and state coordinators and printed bumper stickers and buttons, and they vow to collect 20,000 signatures per state by the end of the summer...