Word: less
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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While the Republican candidate stressed his general approach to executive leadership, Gore once again hammered the issues on which he feels most comfortable: a prescription drug benefit under Medicare, the environment, education and Social Security. His anecdotes may have been less powerful than at the Los Angeles convention, but they were still effective, especially that of a Florida high school student whose classroom is too crowded to provide her a desk. Gore's control of specifics were again impressive, and his responses to questions regarding the Serbian election, oil reserves and energy policy, RU-486 and the Supreme Court were...
...international issues that they would rather have avoided. He also developed issues and demanded that the candidates explain their differences, especially on the topics of foreign policy and public education. Unfortunately, at the Bush campaign's urging, the next two presidential debates will assume different formats that are less structured and will offer fewer opportunities for Lehrer to steer the candidates back on course. We hope that the candidates will follow the better angels of their nature and discuss the issues without Lehrer's guidance as respectfully and earnestly as they did last night...
While two debates remain, they will vary in format from the traditional lectern set-up, allowing less vigorous give-and-take between the candidates...
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic may not yet bear the shattered visage of an Ozymandias, but his sneer of cold command has looked a lot less confident the past few days. The tyrant, who has ruled Yugoslavia for the last 13 years, perpetrating countless crimes against humanity, is in danger of being ousted from his seat of power. When Yugoslavia's citizens went to the polls two weeks ago, many were hopeful that Milosevic's rival, Vojislav Kostunica, would capture the majority of the country's vote. And all evidence pointed to Kostunica's electoral victory...
...Less than two hours earlier, Nader had told a standing room-only crowd at Harvard Law School that although...