Word: vows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...obsessed by Florida," says a former senior official. In 1992 he campaigned there only once and spent no money on ads, but a switch of only 50,066 votes from Bush to Clinton would have won him the state. Clinton has been wooing Floridians with regular visits, a vow to protect Social Security and Medicare and old-fashioned political patronage, like the recent announcement of the move of the U.S. Southern Command's headquarters from Panama to south Dade County...
...relevance," President Clinton took advantage of the congressional recess to try to reclaim a place in the political sun. The President used a news conference to underline once again his opposition to the House-passed welfare bill ("too weak on work and too tough on children") and to vow to fight for the confirmation of Dr. Henry Foster as Surgeon General. Over the weekend the President had a reminder of some older problems: he and Mrs. Clinton were interviewed under oath by Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr...
When a public building is dedicated to one faith, it is difficult to argue that the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment has not been violated. While Cambridge politicians and historians vow to protect the plaques for their historical significance, respect for our nation's Constitution demands that they must come down...
...proposal does not mean the centuries-old Irish problem is about to be solved. Sinn Fein nationalists, who welcomed the plan, still vow to see the Irish Republic absorb the six counties of Ulster into a united Ireland. The Protestant Unionists stand firm on the status quo: Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom...
...draws the first spontaneous applause of the evening as her voice rises to the challenge of the opera's most famous set-piece, the aria "O mio babbino caro." Unfortunately, as she sings in Italian, most of the audience misses her tender appeal to her dear father, and her vow to drown herself in the Arno if her love for Rinuccio is thwarted...