Word: teething
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...arrests made by Five Squad over the six years between 1984 and 1991, only 160 have been reversed. "And each one has been like pulling teeth," says Bradley Bridge, the Philadelphia public defender reviewing the files. An assistant district attorney, speaking not for attribution, sounds like Blondie as he defends the foot dragging: "It's pretty much true that all of those arrested were indeed bad guys, and no one is real eager to let them out on technicalities." The other reason for going slow is financial. To date, Philadelphia has paid out almost $5 million in wrongful-arrest settlements...
...calculated caution will disappoint Republicans, for whom Kyoto has already become the first real battleground of the 2000 election (not to mention the '98 budget and midterms). For the first time since Fred Thompson's hearings disbanded, the GOP smells blood ? and its best chance to sink some teeth into the Vice President...
...that Link could no longer make a profit. It went into a Chapter 11 reorganization in 1986 and emerged two years later as a snackmaker. Its new selling point: a recipe for softer, yet still flavorful, beef jerky. "With traditional, dry jerky you can darn near rip the teeth out of your head trying to chew it," says executive vice president Jay Link...
...afoul of the Republican Congress because like Clinton, he refuses to disavow affirmative action as a weapon against racial inequality. Which makes Lee's appointment critical if Clinton is to put any teeth into his recent mini-wave of civil rights and race initiatives. The White House would ultimately prefer to win it the old-fashioned way when Congress returns. But Clinton may decide that the best victory is always the surest...
...exactly your typical day in the U.S.A. But there it is: The unemployment rate was just 4.6 percent in November, the lowest in 24 years. The stock market, which lives in fear of good news on jobs, clenched its teeth and went up anyway. President Clinton says he's meeting with Republican leaders to discuss a tax cut - because if the economy holds up, the 1999 budget may just run a surplus...