Word: whitmans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...candidates, many are marked by public distaste. Against the creeping slime of Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) or the downright meanness of Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kans.), Clinton could paint himself as the nice guy, the family friend. Against vacuous Gov. Pete Wilson (R-Calif.) or inexperienced Gov. Christine Whitman (R-N.J.), Clinton could calmly dismantle their arguments in every debate. But who knows? As the president who lost Congress in 1994 and lost on health care, Clinton qualifies for `damaged goods' status...
...film is not without problems. One wishes Diego and the other gay characters weren't such stereotypes. In addition to sporting the traditional lisp, limp wrists and swishy hips, Diego listens to Maria Callas, reads Cavafy and Walt Whitman and drinks Indian tea from Sevres cups. It seems as if the gay men burst into tears at regular intervals, and Gutierrez Alea can't resist the trap of the gay-man-as-tragic-queen-in-love-with-a-straight-ma n cliche. Frankly, it is difficult to see why Diego is so interested in David, who is terribly callous...
Just as Governor Christine Todd Whitman (R-N.J.) did last month in her response to President Clinton's State of the Union Address, Weld alluded to the successes of many Republican governors, including Whitman, Wilson, John Engler (R-Mich.) and Tommy Thompson...
...While Whitman's fiscal strategies are popular with G.O.P. conservatives, they may not make sense in the long run. To balance her budget, she cut the amount the state paid into its pension fund, maintaining that the projections were vastly overestimated. Whitman plans to trim, among other items, the state's environmental-protection and transportation budgets. She will also lay off 812 state workers. An additional 2,200 positions will be contracted out to the private sector. However, with state funding for local services likely to shrink, some municipalities are raising local property taxes to make up the shortfall. According...
...course Whitman may not be around to answer for her promises. Her term ends in 1997, but 1996 may find her called away on national business. The Governor describes such talk as ``silly.'' She does have a take on the top of the G.O.P. ticket: ``My great worry is that we're going to nominate someone who appeals to a small constituency.'' To her supporters, Whitman would be just the balance that ticket would need...