Word: 103rd
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...terms Talent has established himself as a leading fiscal conservative, serving as class whip in both the 103rd and 104th Congresses. During that time he has also served on three committees, including National Security, where he looks out for his district's McDonnell Douglas Corp., which employs thousands of his constituents. An early welfare-reform proponent, in 1994 he proposed to cut off funds for unmarried mothers younger than...
...come under fire often during the two years I served in Afghanistan as a lieutenant in the 103rd Airborne Division, commanded by General Pavel Grachev, who is now our Defense Minister. But the harrowing situation on the streets of Grozny was like nothing I had ever experienced in Afghanistan. The commander of my vehicle had no map of the city and no idea where he was going. He was not even able to make radio contact with the other two APCs and admitted that he had simply been thrown together with soldiers and vehicles from different units and told...
...January-February issue of Harvard Magazine counts 40 Harvard affiliates in the 104th Congress, down from 48 in the 103rd...
...final act, the late, not-so-great 103rd Congress approved sweeping changes to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). These changes, passed with bipartisan support (and opposition), will drastically reduce tariffs and alter trade practices for all the treaty's 124 member nations. Below: the votes of your Senators and Representative...
...Senate gave the nod to aworld trade agreementin a 76-24 vote Thursday evening, making passage of the accord the last act of the 103rd Congress. Debate over GATT in the Senate took up two days but the body had been expected to approve the pact despite needing a waiver with the support of at least 60 members. The Senate approved the waiver by a 68-32 tally. The 124-nation trade agreement cuts tariffs by an average of 38 percent worldwide and creates a powerful World Trade Organization to moderate trade practices and disputes. President Clinton has said...