Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...veep's grip on the middle, which he could eventually wrangle over with George W. Bush. The Democratic primary debates promise to pit Bradley's $90 billion health care proposal against Gore's preschool plan. "Preschool is a fuzzier, more embraceable issue than health care for the poor," notes Dickerson. "America's just starting to realize that it trails the rest of the world in preschool; meanwhile, big health care plans are a tough sell, even among Democrats...
...burden of expense and responsibility with the refiners." The automakers' joy is inconsequential, of course, when compared with the joy of sedan drivers everywhere: At last, owners of SUVs will be brought into line with everyone else. Now if only they could be made safe enough not to crush poor little Hyundais...
...MARK MCGWIRE and SAMMY SOSA It wasn't as exciting the second time around, but it was more impressive. Roger Maris disappeared into a career of poor stats after he broke Babe Ruth's record, but these guys nearly matched their '98 feats, McGwire with 65 homers and Sosa with...
...what about the other 10% of kids who kill: the boys who have loving parents and are not poor? What about boys like Dylan Klebold or Eric Harris, or Kip Kinkel of Springfield, Ore., who killed his parents and two schoolmates in 1998? Are their parents to blame when these kids become killers? I have learned as a researcher and an expert witness in youth homicide cases that the answer is usually...
...voters supported his new constitution in a referendum. The constitution entrenches the president's power and allows him to potentially remain in office until 2012. It also affirms state ownership of Venezuela's oil industry, which Chavez hopes will fuel his "new economy" that redistributes wealth among the poor. While the flood is a win-win scenario for Chavez - he's rushed resources to the aid of those most in need, and any recriminations over the building practices that allowed for such a heavy death toll will be directed at his predecessors - it contains an element of danger...