Word: view
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...controversy. It takes on urgency in view of the devastating fires and of Bill Clinton's roadless lands initiative, an all-but-done deal to ban further road-building on 43 million acres of national forest - Clinton's bid to be remembered as the greatest conservationist president since... Teddy Roosevelt...
...that wave of approval, and hope that through some blessing of association, or political osmosis, she'll be able to make Gore's decision reflect happily on her own campaign. It will be tougher than it sounds: Clinton is no great favorite among many New York Jews; some view her support for a Palestinian state as a serious threat to Israeli security, and others were horrified by her apparently chummy relationship with Mrs. Arafat, as evidenced by the exchange of a warm buss during a diplomatic visit. Clinton has also been hurt by a recent inflammatory (albeit widely repudiated) account...
...phone constantly with the candidate for three months, sharing confidences, offering advice and proving their worthiness. They hadn't visited Bush in the Governor's Mansion and out at Dubya's new ranch near Waco, where the two had sat on the porch, taking in the endless view of the central Texas desert. And they had never bonded, as Bush and Cheney had, over their love of the West's open spaces, their shared conservative philosophy and their experiences in the oil business. No wonder it didn't take long for Bush to agree with what his father had told...
BUSH: No qualms at all. I was honored. I was fairly nonchalant. I didn't view it as a great heritage thing. I didn't take it all that seriously...
NOSE Droops hydraulically during takeoff to improve the crew's forward view...