Word: making
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Research is a fundamental point," he says. "We think of ourselves as the creators of the ammunition in a war. Research digs up the ammunition. We make the bullets...
...Israelis feel a lot like their prime minister - deeply frustrated. They want to get tough, but they know they have to go on with the pursuit of peace. At the moment the bomb went off, Barak's office was waiting for Arafat to make his promised televised announcement calling for calm. But the announcement never came...
...Politically, though, the cease-fire doesn't make Barak's life more difficult than it already is, since he's already out on a limb. Edging out further is unlikely to make him any more vulnerable. Right now he's safe in power because he's bought off [the ultra-Orthdox] Shas party for a month, and after that he faces the choice of either buying them off again, or else reviving negotiations with Likud to form a unity government. They agreement they're offering is not that hard for Barak to swallow, but of course once they...
...belief that Bush, as a one-and-half-term governor of a state where the chief executive has very little power, would therefore lack the hands-on experience necessary to run a nation. Highlighting the fact that the Texas legislature meets for only four months every two years makes the case well. But the corollary is that it has weakened the overall argument against Bush. It is difficult to make the case that the Texas governor can be held very accountable for failures if the gubernatorial power is so weak...
...That was not enough to run against. With those clothes, Gore could run as a dull Clark Kent whose biggest sin would be his lumbering and pious integrity. The Bush team had to find a way to make this uncharismatic cipher take on the hue of Clinton. Gore's chameleon-like approach to the campaign played into their hands...