Word: instead
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Another nominee might have added some fabric softener after the primaries, concentrated on more centrist stuff, and a lot of senior Republicans argued privately for Bush to do just that, to pick up John McCain's more austere economic approach instead, emphasize debt reduction and iron out the wrinkles in the tax plan. But Bush held fast because he believed he alone, not his royal mathematicians, had broken the code, concocted a proposal that was big enough to please his base and fair enough to satisfy the middle. Over time he got better at talking about it; he stopped confusing...
...like to sit around in meetings for hours and hours and hours. I get to the point. I think the ability to run a good meeting is a sign of good leadership," he says. The typical Bush meeting begins with an adviser making a presentation. But instead of listening patiently, Bush interrupts, peppering the adviser with questions. Sometimes the questions seem startlingly basic. During a briefing last year by defense experts, Bush stunned the room when he asked, "What's an army for?" "At first you had the feeling, 'Uh-oh, this guy's not so bright,'" recalls a participant...
...doesn't quite know who he is. True populists who were sick of Clinton's slushy Third Way claptrap love all that fighting talk. But if they really want action, it's Nader who's proposing a Marshall Plan for the inner cities and an $8.50 minimum wage. Instead Gore promises tax credits for college and making that commute a little easier and a prescription-drug entitlement for every grandma. But the gentle program aimed right at the swing voters gets lost because they are so annoyed by Gore's aggressive manner...
...Elton John benefit concert in midtown Manhattan ($300,000); or hauling in $530,000 in a day of hectic campaigning, as he did last week. At Hofstra University he told an audience chanting "Four more years!" that he was there because it was Hillary's turn now. Instead of retreating to her singsong speech, Hillary picked up her husband's rollicking riffs, asking of her opponent, Rick Lazio, when he says "Eight years is enough," "Where is he living and who is he representing?" She embraces the record Gore can't even bring himself to acknowledge. The Clintons' togetherness peaked...
...pull their soldiers back to more defensible positions in the West Bank, avoiding the friction points on the edges of Palestinian towns where their troops now face off against rioters. They would also give up enough land to put the onus on Arafat to make his new state work, instead of blaming Israel for its problems...