Word: get
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...BUSH: Folks, this is what we get to do once every four years. Elect a president. Once every four years, you get to decide who will lead this country. You get to ask yourself, "What kind of nation do I want America to be? How do I want her to project herself? Where should we go next?" One of us on television tonight is going to be the answer...
...just want to do what's best for this country, and I think both sides can. That's what Republicans and Democrats told me in Texas, and I got them working together and we got some good things done for Texans. If you elect me, I'll get Washington working again and make sure some good things, some needed things, get done for Americans. I'll surround myself with people who want to lead like I do - with conviction, with purpose, with principle, and who know...
...only comfort to be taken from this race is the knowledge that what happens in presidential campaigns almost never has the slightest bearing on the history that occurs thereafter. Franklin Roosevelt, for example, campaigned in 1940 on the promise that America would not get involved in the European war. Nixon told campaign audiences in 1968 that he had a secret plan for getting out of Vietnam. George Bush Senior went across the American landscape shouting "READ MY LIPS, NO NEW TAXES." Henry Ford said, "All history is more or less bunk." All campaign promises are more or less bunk. Every...
...Potassium, which is also found in bananas, has been found to be helpful in lowering blood pressure, in part because of its ability to maintain normal heart rhythm, water balance and muscle contractions in the body. Doctors estimate that more than 80 percent of Americans don't get their daily recommendation of 400 milligrams of potassium - a problem easily solved by drinking one 450-milligram glass of o.j. every...
...state legislature wants to change the Constitution, they must present the modification, in the form of a referendum, to the voters for passage. In 24 (mostly western) states, however, voters who collect enough signatures are able to stick their initiative on the ballot - and then campaign like mad to get it passed...