Word: though
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Gore put his arm around Bush's shoulder and chimed in: "Besides, I'm still weirdly maladroit, and George is all relaxed and funny, so we thought we'd make a good act - straight man and joker. Sort of Abbott and Costello." "Seriously, though," Bush rejoined, "we do make a team. We complement each other. I could be brighter, and Al's not quite sure who he is. But together, hell, we're an 800-pound gorilla...
...website, acamgirl.com Aimee, a redhead with freckles, began broadcasting on the Internet in 1997, back when webcams were still something of a novelty, and has become one of the Web's most watched faces and a fixture at the top of just about every Top-100 webcam list going. Though she refuses to divulge her surname for fear of attracting stalkers, she has no other qualms about giving up her privacy. "It's a way of life," she says. "I don't regret it for a second...
...Shaft, played by Samuel L. Jackson, is different from the old one, portrayed in the '70s by Richard Roundtree, in two significant ways. He is no longer a private eye--if you can believe it, he's now a New York City cop--and though plenty of foxy chicks sashay across his eyeline, his interest is mainly in chatting them up, not in bedding them down...
Republicans suddenly find themselves in a tough spot: they desperately want to boost the politically palatable H-1B visas, which go to educated people classified as temporary workers (though almost half apply to stay before they reach their six-year limit, according to estimates). But the traditional anti-immigrant politicians shrink from the prospect of linking the visas to a provision embracing illegal (and often likely Democratic) immigrants--even though low-skilled workers are also in demand. Then again, rejecting the amnesty proposal could alienate immigrant voters during an election year. Says Frank Sharry, executive director of the National Immigration...
...much for Big Tobacco, though - analysts predict the spun-off companies will worry less about the U.S. market as they focus their energies on the burgeoning demand for cigarettes abroad. In tobacco-mad China and Africa, nothing stands between the Marlboro Man and a whole new generation of pack-a-day smokers...