Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they fear most are President Al Gore. Clinton's ouster would bestow on the Vice President the advantage of running in 2000 as an incumbent, and as the man who helped the nation get over Monica. But in the shadow of a scandal-prone President, Gore is suffering in comparison with the most talked-about possible Republican contender. Polls show that if the 2000 election were held today, Texas Governor George W. Bush would handily beat Gore; a year ago, the same surveys had Gore ahead. "The optimum scenario for Republicans is a diminished Bill Clinton hobbling through the next...
...booklet includes courses such as Social Analysis 28: "Culture, Illness, and Healing: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Medicine in Society," Economics 1435: "Economics of Health Care" and History 1912: "Health, Disease, and Ecology in African History...
...Sosa fans were the fans of the underdog; he was black, he was Dominican, and he was pill-free. He had the little body (by comparison) and the big smile. Teddy-bear-on-the-inside or not, McGwire was the hulk. The one with the glower. The one who was supposed to break Maris's record, if you could say that about anyone, and in that way it turned out right. Who but McGwire, after all, could not just pass Maris, not just leave the pesky Sosa behind, but keep piling on the homers until he hit a nice round...
Clinton's "obstruction of justice"? He lied about an extramarital affair between two consenting adults. Let's drop the ridiculous comparison to Nixon...
...completely acceptable. Every time we use medicine to cure a disease or prevent a death, we go against nature--willingly. Admittedly, sex selection for family balancing cures no disease. In fact, though, no form of babymaking solves a medical problem. Sex selection, moreover, is medically benign in comparison with most reproductive technologies. No surgery is involved, and the entire process can theoretically be performed without a physician. Children born through this process can't be distinguished from other children...