Word: whiting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years, Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ronnie L. White, the state's first African-American Supreme Court judge, languished somewhere in the Senate Judiciary Committee, his nomination to a Federal District Court post on hold. During a 1998 re-election campaign, Missouri's slightly less conservative senator, Kit Bond, said White had the "necessary qualifications and character" for the position and pledged to bring his nomination to the floor for a vote...
...lunch, choice of chicken-salad sandwich or smoked-turkey-and-arugula wrap. I should be aware, they say, that my lunch choice, coordinated with my party registration and weighted for my age and sex, will be used as one of the predictors of who will occupy the White House after January...
HIGH YIELD, HIGH GROUND The mutual-fund group Pax World has opened the first widely available High Yield Fund that invests only in socially responsible companies. That excludes firms that profit from firearms or tobacco. Although junk-bond funds in general have had a tough year, white-hat investing is gaining fans. Nationwide, dollars going into all socially responsible funds have risen 82% since 1997, to $2 trillion...
...Democratic front-runner Al Gore. Visiting a school in New Hampshire, Bradley was formally endorsed by former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich, who called the candidate "a man of commitment, dedication and vision." Reich left the Cabinet in 1997, long after his decidedly liberal economics pitted him against moderate White House policy. "Reich's biggest frustration was that he felt that by focusing so single-mindedly on reducing the deficit, the Clinton administration missed a golden opportunity to invest in workers," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. "And no one, except maybe [former treasury secretary Robert] Rubin exemplified that dedication...
...over alleged nuclear spying will amplify protectionist sentiments in the legislature. Congressional approval is required because implementing the deal depends on the House of Representatives' dropping legislation requiring annual approval of China's Most Favored Nation trade status. But with the U.S. business community solidly behind the deal, the White House may be counting on pressure from the GOP's donors to spur the Republican leadership to rein in legislators opposed to the deal. That won't be easy in a year in which the concerns of the folks back in the district are paramount in the minds of congressmen...