Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...wince or cluck when civilians die in the course of a war we support, but most of us keep our eyes on the prize and accept the "collateral damage." There's no way to make the proverbial omelet, after all, without breaking a few eggs...
...ones that either side holds that dear. Alas, the fighting will probably continue as each side tries to score political points. Complicating matters: the drug plan is linked to other pricey issues, including the G.O.P. yearning to cut the so-called marriage-penalty and estate taxes. (Clinton won't accept the tax cuts without a drug plan.) In Washington, it seems, nothing is ever easy...
...Alex Zulle, are all in the race, backed by strong teams. So when Armstrong, with a weak Postal team (as of Friday, his nearest teammate was in 31st place) and a body that looks stronger than it did last year, sprinted those eight miles, all of Europe had to accept that the Texan would be the first repeat champion since Spain's Miguel Indurain in 1995. "We know who the winner is already. No one can fight him," said Walter Godefroot, director of Ullrich's Telecom team. The only one not admitting the Tour is over is Armstrong...
...vice presidential matter. That Ridge was making the call at all was notable. Once considered a prime choice for the spot himself, Ridge suggested that he was now out of the running - his pro-choice views made him too radioactive for the GOP's social conservatives to accept. Ridge wanted to know if McCain would reconsider his opposition to the post. McCain reiterated that he didn't want the job and didn't want to be asked, but at the end of his string of denials McCain conceded: "If I were asked, you know what I'd say." Ridge knew...
...company so it could thrive in the coming century. She knew it wouldn't be easy: her dad was irascible, and the place was "crawling with relatives," not all of them productive. Fortunately, she was able turn to an old friend, "a super shrink who encouraged me to accept my own perceptions and not to assume I was the one who was crazy." Ultimately she became president of an increasingly successful company. But she never told her father about the therapy. "He would have been furious," she admits, "if he knew any analysis was going...