Word: record
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...civil rights issues like racial profiling, hate crimes and affirmative action, Gore's record stands in clear contrast to that of Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Earlier this year, Bush consistently refused to utter a critical word about the Confederate flag flying over the statehouse in South Carolina. He even suggested that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was an "outsider" and should "butt out" of the controversy. When given the chance to speak out against a symbol of racism and treason, he could not muster the courage or the leadership to condemn...
...probably remember him from the 1990s as the frontman of the proudly uncouth, roughneck trio House of Pain. After four years with that group, he quit, dropped out of music, changed gears and then scored a surprise hit with his 1998 solo debut, Whitey Ford Sings the Blues. That record broke all the rules, using acoustic guitars, rapping, blues riffs and elements borrowed from Johnny Cash and Neil Young to create a striking hip-hop offshoot that sounded tough and folksy at the same time. The songs were about working people and the small struggles of their lives, all delivered...
Everlast is careful to say his experience gave him new directions and new questions, not the sudden clarity that has become a pop-culture cliche. "I'm not saying I have all the answers," he says. "I made this record to help me understand what happened. Some of the changes I went through haven't defined themselves...
...lost Bullwinkle float from the Macy's parade b) A record-large hole in the ozone c) A cloud in the shape of Pinochet d) Genetically gifted chickens...
...Meanwhile, he has to hone in on what are perceived to be Bush's weaknessness. To that end, Gore's surrogates have been attacking Bush's record in Texas with renewed vigor, concentrating particularly on the health care rankings Gore brought up briefly in their second debate at Wake Forest University. Tuesday, Gore will no doubt try to remind voters that a Bush presidency will probably look something like a Bush gubernatorial term - a route that provides Gore with lots of potentially damaging fodder on health care and the environment...