Word: effecting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...coolest part of the show is that whole music, lights, dan dan daahhhhhh effect," she said...
Such a genial host has the quiet effect of curbing pointed questions. Who wants to bring up politics, religion or money at a family dinner or when there are Dove Bars on demand? One day in Pittsburgh, after Bush and his press pack filled the plane with talk of jogging routes, pickup trucks and heifers, it was the reporters on the ground who pressed Bush to clarify his mushy position on abortion and whether he could prove, given the absence of official documents, that he had actually put in all his time in the National Guard. The charm vanished...
...more, and Bush looks sour when he's running behind. The press that panned Gore's convention speech has discovered that the 97-lb. weakling is an Issues Superman, a hunk on the rope line and a good kisser. Stories even ran last week quoting Newt Gingrich to the effect that Gore was "instrumental in creating the Internet." What's next? Will we find out there really is "no controlling legal authority"? In contrast, Bush's verbal tics are suddenly evidence of an addled brain not up to debating. Before, he was a breath of fresh...
...subsidies for those with incomes up to 175% of the line. It would cover at least 25% of premiums and all catastrophic costs over $6,000 for all seniors. Bush would also give states $48 billion immediately to provide partial prescription-drug coverage until the plan goes into full effect...
STRENGTHS AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS Gore's plan would keep Medicare as a universal set of benefits for all seniors. But the prescription-drug benefit wouldn't go into effect as quickly as the Bush plan, with its immediate aid to states. And it might not provide enough to cover the drug bills of middle-income older people. The plan also wouldn't solve the long-term danger of Medicare's going bankrupt when the baby boomers reach retirement...