Word: dealing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...singling out Asian Americans for security violations. Albright, under fire from Congress for lax safeguards at the State Department, was not about to give Indyk just a slap on the wrist. Besides, relations between the two had grown chilly because of clashes over how the U.S. should deal with Iraq. "So she's hung Martin out to dry," complains a former U.S. diplomat...
...town that's seen it all, the pitch being shopped around Hollywood seemed almost too good to be true. An astro-tribe of 20 strangers would go through weeks of grueling astronaut training, competing on prime-time, network TV for a chance to fly in space. An identical deal had just been inked by NBC, but the winner of that competition would be rocketing off to Russia's rust-bucket Mir space station. The new show's winner would be riding in comparative luxury aboard NASA's spanking new--if eternally under-construction--International Space Station...
Foster's mandate in his deal with NASA was a broad one. In addition to creating and selling space images, he was supposed to come up with ways to help get the public involved in space and make the beleaguered agency seem exciting again. "We want them to come up with great ideas," says Patty Reilly, who works in NASA's office of space travel and commercialization. Says Foster: "We have an agreement to pitch a lot of crazy things...
...judge offering a choice between marriage and jail? And if so, which was the heavier ball and chain? Gabbin wasn't clear on what the judge was saying, but if he was going to be held prisoner either way, he preferred the deal where you sleep with the warden...
...Bush, says Gore campaign chairman Bill Daley, "the bar gets raised for him at each debate. The bar was as low as it could be the first one. O.K., he can deal with this. Now, let's see if he gets better - not just better with being more likable but better with some substance." Republican pollster David Winston says Gore faces the same dynamic. Unless he does something dramatic, he may simply get more grating with more exposure. "I'm not sure Gore has any place to go either," Winston says. "With each debate, you are going to go deeper...