Word: using
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...sitting on some of the richest dirt on this planet, and I'm going to grow drugs instead of food?" And on farms nearby, Garnett Walker III, nearly 80, a widower for eight years, maintains a long-running battle with his neighbor Nannie Rawley, 75, over her refusal to use pesticides on her apple orchards, thereby inundating, he is convinced, his land with bugs...
...suspected that "fuzzy math'' simply meant "inaccurate numbers.'' But Bush flatly refused to replace Gore's fuzzy numbers by clean-shaven ones of his own, so eventually this idea began to seem untenable. Then, for awhile, I concluded that "fuzzy math'' was code for "high-fallutin' Washington-style use of numbers instead of words.'' But I was also unable to hold on to this belief for too long, because Bush himself cited plenty of numbers as the evening progressed...
...conclusion of the debate, I was at my wit's end. I was led to suspect that this was merely a manipulative use of the word "math'' to dodge serious political discussion, and as a mathematician, I felt slightly cheapened. However, upon further reflection, I've come to a much happier conclusion. I think it was a complex and sophisticated political move that simply needs some further explanation...
...program, hot off the Internet, is called the Truster. Made by an Israeli company, it is, in essence, an updated version of one of those lie-detector testers you see on cop shows, but scaled down for home use (such as flushing out that pesky lying spouse or fibbing teenager...
...Gore said that he was going to "fight for you" so many times that the computer gave up judging him on it. Either Gore means it or he BELIEVES he means it. Which is more than Bush apparently does on farm policy. "I don't want to use food as a diplomatic weapon," said the governor. "False...