Word: winging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When first pulled over, Hill spoke to May, then drove on. A mile farther down the road, May pulled him over again. Police say that Hill then pulled the gun and pointed it at Sgt. May. The situation is potentially explosive: "It looks like this may become another right wing rallying point," Barnes says, noting that Adams -- mindful of past incidents inWaco, TexasandRuby Ridge, Idaho-- is working tomobilze media attentionandstir militia activity around the country...
...militia men, who were following Hill in a separate car, say that they fled out of fear that the officer was about to fire on them. Hill died along the side of the road. The situation is potentially explosive: "It looks like this may become another right wing rallying point," Barnes says, noting that Adams -- mindful of past incidents inWaco, TexasandRuby Ridge, Idaho-- is working tomobilze media attentionandstir militia activity around the country...
...going live on prime-time TV last week to announce his biggest change of course since he became President, Bill Clinton was still fussing over the wording of his five-minute speech. He and his aides were gathered around a table in the private dining room in the West Wing tinkering with the text. Just a few steps away, in the Oval Office, a camera and lights had already been set up for the broadcast. "What do you think?" Clinton finally asked Dick Morris, a friend and Republican consultant whose growing influence on the President has stirred an intense round...
...camera with that speech had been Morris' obsession ever since the President decided to offer his own balanced-budget plan. Until last week Morris had faced resistance from almost every member of the President's senior staff. Though Morris has been turning up more often in the West Wing, he still remains a figure in the background. Most of his dealings with the President take place in meetings in the private residential area of the White House or by phone from Morris' home in Connecticut. He registers under an alias at the Ritz-Carlton when he visits Washington...
British Prime Minister John Major last week dared his Conservative rivals to "put up or shut up," and today, the Tories put up. John Redwood, a right-wing member of Major's own Cabinet, resigned his post (Welsh Secretary) and declared his candidacy for the Conservative leadership contest that Major himself had boldly scheduled for July 4. Redwood's move ended the appearance of Cabinet unity that Major's supporters had hoped would ensure him victory. The fight now centers on rightist opposition to Britain's economic intergration with Europe. Redwood, a standard-bearer for the Euro-skeptics, read...