Word: explainers
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...they hope to double that number this year. Their computerized data base has about 900 potential donors (half of them lawyers) of food, clothing, toys and money. In fact, the 15-year-old group is so formalized that it has tax-exempt status and a 15-page booklet to explain the group's goals to new members...
...turn, will require unified support from the American people for the means, as well as the ends, of Bush's policy. The President's inability to clarify how he plans to get Saddam out of Kuwait last week did nothing to halt the confusion. Perhaps he can better explain his objectives to the Americans with the most at stake in the crisis: the troops he will be meeting on a Thanksgiving Day visit to the gulf...
Even in jest, that kind of talk helps explain why the Pentagon bosses were in big trouble on Capitol Hill until the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait rescued them and their budget. Before Iraq attacked its neighbor, Congress was considering very large cuts in defense spending while Cheney was proposing annual reductions of only 2%. Members of Congress were deep in discussions of the peace dividend -- money that could be saved from the $160 billion spent each < year to defend Western Europe from the Soviet Union, and diverted to domestic uses...
...might menstrual problems hurt bones? Lead researcher Jerilynn Prior believes that reduced levels of the hormone progesterone -- which was suppressed in women with cycle disruptions -- may explain the damage. Some studies have indicated that this hormone helps with bone formation. Prior is not certain what causes the menstrual disturbances. The most likely candidate, she says, is stress...
...explain my despicable behavior. That article wasn't the result of any lapse in my fanatical devotion to the Redskins. It was one sickening manifestation of a total transformation of my personality--perpetrated by my roommate, an evil Dallas Cowboys fan if there ever...