Word: narrowing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...markets have their own particular issues when it comes to elections; they're usually narrow, pocketbook issues - taxation, regulation and, lately, the handling of the budget. But in a country that made "It's the economy, stupid" the wisest utterance in politics (though there may be a new champ after this race), Main Street and Wall Street have developed a similar taste in presidents...
...stakes are just as high now, but seem so only to a narrow band of us who feel like we're shouting to reach the public over the e-mail chime and PlayStation 2. Our next President may preside over the first catastrophic terrorist attack and will appoint Supreme Court Justices who may completely reshape the social landscape. But these questions seldom come up in the national political conversation. Today's ambitious girl from the sticks might think Silicon Valley a more happening place...
...most memorable work in the exhibit is a painting entitled "Farfalli" (Italian for butterfly), which substitutes a single symbol for letters. A large panel of soothing blue and gray is framed on top by a section of roughly textured deeper color and on the sides by narrow panels covered with the outlines of tiny butterflies, each hand-traced on the canvas. Though the painting is softer in both color and style than the others in the show, its effect is no less dramatic. For those who have sometimes felt that words cannot fully capture the essence of an experience...
However, countless Crimson shots banged off the side of the BC cage. The unlucky strikes enabled the Eagles to narrow the gap to 3-2 at the half...
...that should make him unbeatable in a state with more than its share of crusty independents (and tobacco chewers). But Burns has just a narrow lead over Brian Schweitzer, a wealthy farmer riding a wave of resentment over the high cost of prescription drugs. Schweitzer, 45, first caught Montanans' attention by leading busloads of seniors on drug-buying trips across the Canadian border, where prescription drugs can be half as costly as in the U.S. Now Burns hands out packets showing measures he backs to lower drug costs for the elderly...