Word: pulling
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Unless we can pull some rabbits out of our hats during this informal session and get it passed, we'll have to keep fighting," she said...
...states are still up for grabs--and the Gore campaign's internal polling shows they are only behind by 1 point nationwide and within the margin of error in enough battleground states to pull out the election...
...instance, that Bill Clinton should engage the Republicans by offering a balanced budget in 1995 (a move that enraged congressional Democrats); in the government shutdowns that ensued, Gore counseled switching course and standing firm against them. Both moves worked, the first giving Clinton the credibility he needed to pull off the second. "Gore basically realized that the Republicans did not want to deal--that they wanted a surrender, but not a deal," says Dick Morris, who was advising Clinton at the time. "Clinton constantly thought there could be a deal, was constantly floating out proposals and ways...
...unilateral move by Arafat--will lead only to more violence as Palestinians feel the shock of isolation. "For the peace process, unilateral separation is truly disastrous," says a U.S. diplomat. "What flows from it is inevitable conflict." The appeal of separation for Israelis is that they could pull their soldiers back to more defensible positions in the West Bank, avoiding the friction points on the edges of Palestinian towns where their troops now face off against rioters. They would also give up enough land to put the onus on Arafat to make his new state work, instead of blaming Israel...
...such radical change is difficult to pull off. Unions fight layoffs. And it isn't easy to find good replacements. Maryland almost lost its battle to take over three Baltimore schools last year (out of 81 deemed to be failing) because of community uproar and a teachers' union lawsuit. In 1997 Denver restaffed two elementary schools, but test scores have barely changed...