Word: worked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vowed to turn down the President's deal with China over WTO membership, putting at least a question mark over its passage in an election year. But what's bad for Bill Clinton may not be altogether bad for Al Gore, and the Seattle debacle may, in fact, work to the vice president's advantage: The Clinton administration's tough talk on labor rights won support from union leaders, and the summit's failure means there's no trade-talk framework agreement for the vice president to defend against Democratic party skeptics. U.S. trade representative Charlene Barshefsky, who chaired...
...with the most earnest passion, that if a woman says she's been raped that's enough for them--as if to need any more evidence than that was to insult and trivialize rape survivors everywhere, to perpetuate the abhorrent tradition of blaming the victim. But it should work in just the opposite way. The more horrifying we consider the crime of rape, the more horrifying the title of "rapist" becomes and the more carefully the accusation must be considered...
...Skating Dutchmen, however, were indecisive with the puck, and couldn't work it down low. Harvard gave them the perimeter, and Union, looking for the perfect setup, refused to take...
...education goals President Bush set in 1990 for the year 2000 will go unmet. Still, there was some noticeable improvement from kids at the youngest age. As it turns out, throwing money at the problem of fulfilling Bush's goal that kids enter kindergarten ready to learn really did work. Even as the level of federal funding devoted to public education stagnated during the past decade, the amount invested in early childhood education boomed. Head Start's budget alone grew nearly tenfold. Further, most states raised qualification levels for day care practitioners, and more quality day care is available...
...Wednesday, for 1.9 miles each way - we're to work our way up to 10 - there was nothing but the crunch of thoughts inside of our Kevlar helmets. Almost refreshing enough to carry me through 18 hours of KP the following...