Word: less
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Gore winnowed his list of prospective running mates last month, at least one prominent Democrat was less than thrilled with the idea that Joe Lieberman might get the nod. Bill Clinton praised the choice after it was made, but before the fact, he railed privately about how much Lieberman's latest book, In Praise of Public Life, ticked him off. ("The Clinton-Lewinsky saga," Lieberman writes, "is the most vivid example we have of the virus of lost standards.") Clinton told friends he was sick and tired of Lieberman's sanctimony. The Senator's famous 1998 speech condemning Clinton...
...sensation surrounding the elevation of Senator Joseph Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew, to a national ticket lies less in the noun than in the adjective: Jews in American public life are old news; Orthodox Jews...
...like, Will they vote for a Jew?" It's a minor issue, because even if the campaign did poll the question, it wouldn't necessarily trust people to respond honestly. The latest TIME/CNN poll asked voters if Lieberman's Judaism will "make people in your area" more likely or less likely to vote for the Democratic ticket. A majority of 67% said it would have no effect, but clear regional differences emerged. In the Northeast, 21% of those polled thought his faith would make people more likely to vote for the ticket, and only 9% said it would make people...
...Hadassah rolled up her silk sleeves to lug the ham and side dishes to the table, never mentioning that there was nothing she and Joe could eat. She keeps him from holding forth in the Great Man way, having told him one time long ago that "there was one less Great Man in the world than he might think." Hadassah was once a fast-track yuppie executive, but now raises their 12-year-old daughter while working part-time. She cheerfully blames her husband for "ruining my career." He calls her at every turn and brings her flowers every Friday...
...musical is not." He cautions, however, that not all child bullies are the cool kids--some are among the most depressed students in a class and may be reacting to being bullied themselves. Pollack is also worried that the phenomenon is on the rise, partly because families spend less time together, which leaves boys fewer outlets for productive communication. "It's a national epidemic," he says. "Both the amount of teasing and the intensity of it have increased over time, and the stakes are higher. We're talking AK-47s now, not just a shove." While Espelage acknowledges that...