Word: winning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dawn on the day he launched his official presidential-announcement tour, Senator John McCain went home again to the U.S. Naval Academy, where he promised 4,000 cheering midshipmen that, win or lose, he would "keep faith with the values I learned here. I hope I make you as proud of me as I am proud of you." He sounded the same theme before a noontime crowd in Nashua, N.H., as he conjured up the moment when a President has to divine "the reasons for, and the risks of, committing our children to our defense." He reminded those gathered that...
...Governor could be found with Dad at the Ryder Cup golf tournament, having skipped the tedium of the California Republican Party's convention. To spur the American team on to its jingoistic, fist-pumping victory, Bush gave a pep talk in which he compared the brave golfers fighting to win a noisome corporate-infested sporting event to the brave men who fought to save the Alamo--the use of the profound in service of the mundane...
...treaty can be verified and are also just a little suspicious of internationally imposed restrictions on the U.S. military. After three years of stalling, Trent Lott, sensing a political opportunity, suddenly reversed course last week and scheduled a vote for Tuesday. Faced with a vote it couldn't win, the White House played for time. On Sunday the troops went out to the talk shows to make the case for postponing even longer. "What we have now is the need to explain it to the Senate, to the Congress," Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said on Fox, which seems a little...
Harvard was finally rewarded with just 47 seconds left in regulation, when one of its fabulous freshmen stepped up to the task. Beth Totman, who was named to Soccer America's Team of the Week, broke the scoreless deadlock and gave Harvard a 1-0 win...
...this, after a stellar 2-1 overtime win against Ivy rival Penn, only proves that the best is yet to come. Senior co-captains Beth Zotter and Jessica Larson are the core of the team, notching solid performances every game. Zotter broke her dry spell against Penn in perhaps the most opportune time of the game, while Larson, the MVP in the Harvard Invitational, continues to dazzle by leaving her opponents in the dust...