Word: problem
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...potential running mate. Gore aced him out in 1992. In 1988 Michael Dukakis came calling but discovered Graham had played an adulterous husband in a Jimmy Buffett video called Who's the Blonde Stranger? Graham confessed that he had perhaps shown poor judgment. But that wasn't the problem. "They were concerned I hadn't listed any payment on my financial-disclosure form," Graham says. "But Jimmy never paid me a dime...
When running for the Senate, there's a problem in being the Congressman Most Likely to Be Mistaken for a Page. You may no longer need a stentorian voice or mane of white hair to graduate to a seat in the American House of Lords, but a little gravitas, a bit of Olympian detachment or at least a few outsize personality quirks help. Hillary has the latter in spades and rock-star fame. And while Rudy Giuliani may have been too knee-in-the-groin nasty to attract all the anti-Hillary votes, the fresh-faced Lazio could be just...
...would dispute that Wahid is genuinely committed to democracy and free and fair markets. And nobody accuses him of being personally corrupt. But, says Muhaimin Iskandar, head of the National Awakening Party, Wahid's faction in the parliament, "from the beginning, management has been his problem...
...other deregulated parts of the nation, where retail electricity rates are frozen for a few more years, price isn't the problem yet. Instead, providers are having a tough time just supplying enough juice, as air-conditioners and other appliances consume electricity at an alarming pace. Silicon Valley, home to the energy-hungry new economy, has already experienced rolling blackouts. The situation across California has got so precarious that state officials are offering cash payments to big corporate users that conserve energy during a crunch; database power Oracle has spent millions to build its own generators. New England...
...minds and hearts of Palestinians - as Arabs and Muslims it represents something extremely powerful. In the same way, the Palestinians have failed to understand the emotional significance of the city for Jews, and why Barak can't move an inch on Jerusalem. And this is the basic problem. There's very little mutual understanding among the parties at the talks - they talk past one another...