Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never voted against a weapons program." His only significant misstep since taking over at the Pentagon resulted from his ingrained distrust of the Soviet Union. He once speculated publicly that Gorbachev would not last long in Moscow. He jokes that he keeps a list of 10 actions that will prove that the Soviets have truly changed. Even though some of them -- like the unification of Germany -- have been fulfilled, the list always stands at 10. "Every time they do one, I add another," Cheney explains. "It's like moving the goalposts...
Vermont recently showed the university's commitment to hockey by undertaking a renovation of Gutterson Field House. But the Catamounts may not prove themselves worthy of the $4.6 million splurge...
...inability to resolve crises has been the downfall of male leaders. The popular backlash against their widows and daughters may prove equally cruel. What greater faithlessness can there be than the mother of the nation failing her people? Having come to power as emblems of national emotions, women leaders like Aquino, Bhutto and Chamorro remain at the mercy of those emotions. Their original strength lay in their symbolism, but without substance, their legacies are bound to vanish...
Leifer has a wide range of sauciness and satire. Her routines prove that contemporary female comics are secure enough to lampoon other women, especially fast-track yuppettes: "Hi! I just had a baby an hour ago, and I'm back at work already. And while I was delivering, I took a seminar on tax- shelter options...
...clothes are in jail. I go in every so often and say, 'Could I just see the pants?' " Reno goes directly to the Supreme Court and for the jugular. On the abortion ruling: "Soon a cop will be at the door saying, 'So, I hear you had a miscarriage. Prove...