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...stuff it. The elite banks have long cut us out of things like hot, new stock offerings and timely access to news, research and trading. Too bad Dean Witter, in such a strong position that CEO Philip Purcell emerges as the top executive at the combined firm, didn't adopt the stuff-it 'tude for us. Maybe Purcell figures that the price was right and that with commercial banks becoming big players in the brokerage business, he had to act. Or maybe he's hedging his bets. Plenty of people believe traditional retail brokerage is headed for extinction. Plenty also...
WASHINGTON, D.C: President Clinton is considering a $21 million federal program to encourage more families to adopt children. Under the program, states would receive $10 million for "technical assistance" in finding children a permanent home, $10 million for identifying "barriers" to adoption and developing new foster care policies, plus $1 million toward creating public awareness campaigns on adoption. The funds will be provided by turning federal subsidies for foster care into "bonuses" for states, a Health and Human Services Department official told Congress Thursday. The White House is also advocating that children remain in foster care no longer than...
WASHINGTON, D.C: President Clinton is considering a $21 million federal program to encourage more families to adopt children. Under the program, states would receive $10 million for "technical assistance" in finding children a permanent home, $10 million for identifying "barriers" to adoption and developing new foster care policies, plus $1 million toward creating public awareness campaigns on adoption. The funds will be provided by turning federal subsidies for foster care into "bonuses" for states, a Health and Human Services Department official told Congress Thursday. The White House is also advocating that children remain in foster care no longer than...
...extortion. People who in the U.S. would be considered criminals and terrorists in Latin America become "guerrilla fighters," "rebels" or even "freedom fighters." What is Peru to do to solve the hostage crisis? Release 450 violent criminals, so that they can resume their narcotrafficking activities? Or worse yet, adopt a communist economic program similar to Cuba's? These demands are irrational. ALFONSO MONTERO Hanover, New Hampshire...
...more on nationwide political shifts. The Republicans held their own conference in 1994 to ideologically mobilize their freshmen representatives in an attempt to ram the Contract with America through Congress in 100 days. Their legislative failure and Newt Gingrich's political freefall have led the GOP to attempt to adopt a more centrist demeanor...