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Line-Item Veto
VETO, LINE-ITEM VETO, LINE-ITEM. In 1996 President Bill Clinton received what presidents had wanted for many years, the "line-item veto." This gave the president the power to select out undesirable items in appropriations bills, in bills granting certain tax breaks, and in bills creating or... Read more |
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Tyson Foods
TYSON FOODS Tyson Foods, Inc. of Arkansas made news in the mid-1990s, not for its position as the largest poultry producer in the nation, but for its alleged political connections to the Clinton administration. As governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton showed favoritism toward Tyson with tax breaks... Read more |
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Clinton v. Jones
Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997), argued 13 Jan. 1997, decided 27 May 1997 by vote of 9 to 0; Stevens for the Court. The case involved the question of whether President Bill Clinton could delay proceedings in a sexual harassment suit brought by Paula Corbin Jones, an employee of the state... Read more |
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton (born 1946) won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1992 and then defeated incumbent George Bush to become the 42nd president of the United States. He was re-elected to a second term in 1996 William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton was... Read more |
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Motor Carrier Act
Motor Carrier Act (1935) Gary J. Edles Excerpt from the Motor Carrier Act of 1935 to regulate transportation by motor carriers in such manner as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of, and foster sound economic conditions in, such transportation and among such carriers... Read more |
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Clinton
Clinton ♂ Mainly North American: transferred use of the English surname, a local name from Glympton in Oxfordshire or Glinton in Northants. It was originally used as a given name in America in honour of the Clinton family, whose members included the statesman George Clinton... Read more |
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Justin
Justin (Marcus Junianus Justinus), fl. 3d cent., Roman historian. He made a collection of excerpts from Trogus , which gives many facts not recounted elsewhere.... Read more |
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Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle (Thomas Andrew Daschle) , 1947-, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1987-2005), b. Aberdeen, S.Dak. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, where he served four terms; he was first elected to the Senate in 1986. A low-key centrist with a reputation as a... Read more |
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Food and Drug Act of 1906
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) Daniel P. Carpenter Excerpt from the Pure Food and Drug Act An Act— For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic... Read more |
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Catcher in the Rye, The
...and making a nostalgic visit to Central Park, he sneaks home that evening to see Phoebe...Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around—nobody big... |
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yellow
...in a yellow dress (‘The Yellow Kid’) was the central figure of the...Jews to wear.Yellowstone National Park a national park in NW Wyoming and Montana. Named...Missouri which runs through it, the park was established in 1872 and was the... |
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ride
...annoy, pester, or tease: if you don't give all the kids a chance to play, the parents ride you. 3. (be ridden...go-round, or other amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park. 3. vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse. 4. (also ride... |
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trouble
...1. difficulty or problems: I had trouble finding somewhere to park the government's policies ran into trouble | our troubles...trouble to help you. ∎ a cause of worry or inconvenience: the kid had been no trouble up to now. ∎ a particular aspect or quality... |
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block
...times) inf. (of a person) have a lot of experience. the new kid on the block inf. a newcomer to a particular place or sphere of...s a good idea to block in regular periods of exercise. 2. park one's car in such a way as to prevent another car from moving... |
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hope
...he's hoping for an offer of compensation | I hope that the kids are OK. ∎ intend if possible to do something: we're hoping...outcome. in hopes of with the aim of: I lay on a towel in the park in hopes of getting a tan. in hopes that hoping that: they... |
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pull
...halt, come to a halt, pull over, pull up, draw up, brake, park. pull someone's leg are we really getting a snowstorm, or...trick on, rag, pull the wool over someone's eyes; informal kid, rib, take for a ride, have on. pull off they pulled off... |
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cinch
...play, a snap, a walkover, nothing; informal a piece of cake, a picnic, a breeze, kids' stuff, a cakewalk, a pushover, duck soup, a walk in the park.antonym: challenge. 2. he was a cinch to take a prize synonyms: certainty, sure... |
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For kids, park closings mean fewer places to play
...County, NJ) 07-05-2006 For kids, park closings mean fewer places...destinations such like High Point State Park, Wawayanda State Park and Ringwood State Park are among the approximately 50 shuttered state parks that make up ... |
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Tops for 'kids park'; Dutch Wonderland voted one of the best for children in...
Dutch Wonderland theme park advertises itself as a "kingdom for kids." And Amusement Today, the...publication, agrees.The Lancaster park was voted as one of the "best kids parks" in the world in the publication...Carlsbad, Calif., Idlewild ... |
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Abu Dhabi's family '&' kids park zoo in expansion phase.
...2011 (WAM) -- The Family '&' Kids Park Zoo in Al Bahia, a north-east suburb...unique among the UAE's zoos in that kids get the chance to interact with the...Wright, General Manager, Family '&' Kids Park Zoo - a member of the World ... |
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N. Aurora to get kids park.(News)
...dailyherald.com North Aurora kids, take comfort. No longer will...among several features of a new park that will be built in the 111...is a miniature city that gives kids a chance to learn about safety...street paths," Long said. "Kids feel like they're big ... |
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Volunteers are needed to clean up kids' park.(Neighbor)
...tears went into the creation of Kids World in Armstrong Park. On Saturday, many of the volunteers...make sure they were building a site kids would actually want to play in...the group went to work building Kids World. "Many of the neighbors... |
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Funds donated to rebuild kids' park
...Providing Area Recreation for Kids already has raised roughly $3...according to Guilds Hollowell, a PARK spokesperson. The park was taken down for safety reasons...If there's something new, kids are going to want to go out and... |
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MARQUETTE KIDS PARK PLAYGROUND A CANVAS FOR AREA YOUNGSTERS
...mural on the walls at the Marquette Kids Park Playground. "I plan to paint a hawk...Glenn, president of the Marquette Kids Park Playground, said her organization...discourage graffiti. "It's done by kids and the whole playground is for ... |
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KIDS' PARK LURES MARKETERS.(MAIN)
...City of Children, an amusement park where kids do everything from making food...out a week in advance. The park is also a marketer's dream...they hope to have 10 of the parks in place. By 2004, they project...Larezgoiti, co-director of the ... |
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Bad spot for a kids' park
...it the first time ("Rotary working on kids' park," July 21), I thought, "This is ridiculous -- a kids' park in an essential parking lot on D...What can Rotary be thinking? There are no kids living in this area. Today the plans are... |
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Rotary working on kids' park
...raising funds for the $386,000 park project. Workers are set to...important." The children's park will be located at D Street and...second of two major downtown park projects with which the Rotary...said the park is designed for kids from ... |
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