Word: support
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...million war chest and his 17 percent flat tax, demanded it. But Bush also knew that the polls showed most people did not feel overtaxed; that Republicans in Congress were being filleted for their attempts at an $800 billion tax-cut plan. They traveled the country to drum up support in August 1999 and didn't come across...
...nonetheless, seems to belong almost exclusively to the actors. There is no lighting, no sound, no set; the only real evidence of staging are the lazy circles that the actors draw around each other as they pace the grass of the courtyard. And while Anouilh's script can certainly support a minimalist production, this one struggles to establish any sense of atmosphere. It is difficult to forget that one is in the middle of Adams House. The costuming is confusing: most costumes are appropriately spare, but they range incongruously from a generic pink Elizabethan dress for Harrington to the fashionable...
Yemen is far from being a democratic, liberal state, but moves towards better governance should be supported. However, shifting refueling operations from Djibouti to Aden was a classic case of misapplying military resources to a non-strategic, threat-intensive mission. The naval presence, if anything, actually complicated the situation. Unlike typical uses of the Navy in nation-building efforts, where sailors work with local communities to build infrastructure while injecting dollars into the local economy, in Yemen sailors were either restricted to ship or portside. The U.S. presence--involving the use of Adens port by combatants en route to conduct...
threats in order to push a pro-Yemen policy agenda. If CENTCOM had visions of using Aden to support American troops in regional missions it shows a shortsightedness with respect to vulnerability, as well as a lack of understanding that such actions would...
...tactical vote" for Nader will hurt Vice President Al Gore 69 and help Texas Gov. George W. Bush. This week, much has been made about tactical voting strategies that folks in California, say, who support Gore and Nader can vote for Nader without a worry, because the polls can guarantee California to Gore. If there has been any lesson in the last few weeks, it has been about the tightness of the race and the volatility (read irresponsibility) in the types of polls being conducted...