Word: explainer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...People have misrepresented what I have done or said to the administration and faculty," Haynes said. "On a number of occasions I've had to go into faculty meetings and explain what's going on and apologize...
That helps explain why the 3,500 delegates who will be voting Nov. 18 have become some of the most popular Republicans around. Every day their mailboxes bulge with express-mail packages, letters, surveys, signed pictures, campaign videos, candidates' books and cassettes of the candidates reading them aloud. All the campaigns are accusing the others of vote buying. (One undecided delegate told TIME that a worker for the Dole campaign offered to pay the cost of her hotel room in exchange for her pledging to Dole.) Certainly the amounts being spent are astounding for such an early contest...
...party stalwarts typically value results over consistency, which helps explain why Dole is still the favorite to win the straw poll with as much as 40% of the vote, and has been getting ready to announce a new round of big-name endorsements to nail down the undecided. "I'm for Bob Dole because he's experienced," said Fort Lauderdale delegate Ruth Frawley. "We need a President who knows the ins and outs of Washington...
...Congress is still confident that Deutch can reform the agency. In his first six months as director, he has replaced practically every top manager. And when he met last week with officers in the CIA's soundproof auditorium to explain his reprimands in the latest scandal and to buck up morale, he got a standing ovation. It was a small step in rebuilding confidence inside the agency. The larger task will be restoring the CIA's credibility with those on the outside...
...these women. Regardless of the women's background--her standard of living and resources--economic, legal and social policies generate an environment which causes the divorced woman's status to decline. In addition, more than fifty percent of divorced fathers refuse to give any amount of child support. These explain the reason why a thirty-seven percent of divorced women's with children live below the official poverty level...