Word: winterize
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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President Clinton may a lame duck, but that does not mean he is limping off the political stage. Instead, like a bee sensing the approach of winter, he's buzzing around furiously, trying to make the most of his last moments...
...Over in Utah, a 15-count indictment was handed up against Salt Lake City bid-committee principals Tom Welch and Dave Johnson in connection with the $1.2 million in graft that preceded--led to?--Salt Lake's selection by the International Olympic Committee as host of the 2002 Winter Games. The feds went ballistic on Welch and Johnson because they wouldn't cop a plea to bribing I.O.C. members. The two say they're innocent because schmoozing members at the time wasn't against I.O.C. policy--it was I.O.C. policy...
...people close to him say Gore knows the dangers of his populist approach, but they say he has to stand for something, and Gore the scrapper is the role that worked for the Veep against Bradley last winter. In some ways, it's a role he has been comfortable with, as the son of a waitress and a Senator known for his fiery defense of Tennessee farmers. Besides, Gore tried sensible centrism a year ago, with lots of detailed, 10-point plans on teacher testing and crime prevention and tax cuts, and came off sounding like a pale Clinton...
...this year, that has meant $120 billion in transactions. And when you're running the network, all sorts of profitable opportunities arise. Last week, when word spread that natural-gas prices would spike this winter, Enron's in-house traders saw their gains surge as customers raced to lock in future supplies at today's prices. And Enron's stock price? It hit $90 last week, tripling its value of a year ago. Kind of like an Internet play, only better...
Health is the ultimate democracy, as every mortal knows, especially we squirrels who have gathered our nuts for the winter and been careful crossing busy streets. Many careful and industrious squirrels have died young, while rats and weasels have led long and happy lives. We tremble when we go to see the doctor, fearing that some terrible irony is about to be revealed...