Word: sens
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Eight years later, pessimism and apathy were sinking in as both political parties had decided on their favorite sons, and the race seemed half over months before the election. Then came Arizona Sen. John S. McCain's surprise victory in New Hampshire. Most amazingly, this self-styled reformer heralds campaign finance reform as a centerpiece of his platform. In 1992, mentioning campaign finance reform as a real possibility got predictable laughs. Who could amass enough money to win the presidency by biting the hand that feeds them? How would you expect members of Congress to endorse you when...
Should the Confederate battle flag, to many a symbol of racism and slavery, fly atop the South Carolina state house? Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John S. McCain, the two front-runners in the GOP primary there Saturday, have been frantically evading the question for weeks...
...South Carolina's Republican primary comes closer, a strange phenomenon that no one foresaw has dramatically altered the GOP: the rise of Arizona Sen. John S. McCain. New Hampshire conservatives, moderates and independent voters all jumped on the McCain bandwagon. Why? One word: character. And as I sat back listening to pundit after pundit talking about McCain's character I got very confused; were they talking about the John McCain that I knew? It couldn...
...race after his disappointing third place finish in the Delaware primary. He had won in Delaware in 1996 with just 33 percent of the vote, but although he spent more time and money there this year than any other candidate, Forbes lost last week to Sen. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.). McCain decided not to campaign at all in the state so that he could focus on South Carolina...
...write about Gore because I am concerned that he not lose support by evading difficulties with legalese ("no controlling legal authority") or semantic gymnastics. One of the reasons so many New Hampshire voters chose Sen. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) last week was that they like his "straight talk," that he answers questions in direct, often earthily vivid words linked in declarative sentences. Whether he means what he says and will do what he promises is a separate issue from the simple point of sounding as though he means what he says and will do what he promises...