Word: humanize
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...though, we return to the theme "Al Gore: Human." The candidate walks down a lane buttressed by Tipper, his kids and not one but two dogs, as the narrator intones one of the most ridiculous tag lines in the history of presidential politics. "Al Gore. Married 30 years. Father of four. Fighting for us." Al Gore. He only sleeps with his wife. He's sired babies. So why not give him the nuclear codes...
...Decrease from 1998 to 1999 in births to girls ages 15 to 19, reducing the rate to its lowest level in 60 years Sources: Amazon.com Human Rights Watch; A.P.; Media Metrix; Jupiter Communications; National Center for Health Statistics
...social and technological change affects people. He has been worried about global warming since the 1960s. He held congressional hearings on sheep cloning 15 years before Dolly made headlines. He coined the term information superhighway in 1979, and today he's excited about the mapping of the human genome but concerned it might let insurance companies redline people with genetic predisposition for diseases...
CONVICTED. ANWAR IBRAHIM, 53, Malaysia's deposed Deputy Prime Minister, arrested after challenging his mentor, Mahathir Mohamad, who has ruled for 19 years; of sodomy; and sentenced to nine years in prison; in Kuala Lumpur. Human-rights groups condemned the 14-month trial, in which prosecutors changed the date of the alleged crime twice after alibis were produced...
...last year (20% over the past decade) to the lowest rate since recordkeeping began 60 years ago. The drop for teens 15 to 17 was more striking--6% last year--and most dramatic for black teens--30% over the past decade. Praise, said the Department of Health and Human Services, must go straight to parents and to savvier teens, most of them unmarried, who are apparently planning their future with a greater degree of wisdom...