Word: weeks
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...time runs out for his presidency, Clinton is desperate to leave an environmental legacy that will not be swept away like last year's leaves. Just last week he decreed the preservation of 84 million acres of coral reefs in Hawaii, his EPA ordered the long-delayed dredging of chemical waste from the Hudson River, and he started a new effort to salvage the Kyoto treaty to fight global warming after negotiations broke down in the Hague last month. With a flurry of pronouncements this year, he has locked away from loggers and developers more public land in the lower...
...second term of a presidency, you ought to be thinking about your legacy before the last six months," says Denis Hayes, chairman of Earth Day 2000. Clinton may have some regrets. "There is much more to be done in the years ahead," he said last week at the National Geographic Society, when announcing the Hawaii preserve. "Many, many important ecosystems are disappearing just as we begin to grasp their unique significance...
...high moment--first deft, then bold--that served to reinforce the high court's supremacy. But Rehnquist could only do so because for nearly two decades he has, against the odds, maintained the Supreme Court's prestige and mystique. This week he cashed in, but he had been building the capital for years. At a time when respect for every other institution of government has declined precipitously, the country still looks to the Supreme Court for authority and finality...
...hard to deal with sometimes, because we never got a chance to do that. We worked side by side, but that wasn't the same as being together as a family." The four Sutton men begged Mom to slow down, maybe close Je's two days a week instead of just one, but she couldn't stop...
...still don't have all the facts about the state of Cheney's health, but new details revealed by his doctors last week indicate there is room for improvement. We knew that he waited until his third heart attack to quit smoking. We now know that he has gained 40 lbs. since his 1988 bypass and exercises just twice a week. His doctors can do only so much. If he wants to avoid another emergency trip to the hospital, he is going to have to take responsibility for his health and start making some changes...