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...Crimson is currently on an 0-for-30 scoreless streak on its power play, a fact that should set off alarm bells in even the most die-hard of optimists...
...billion to $600 billion in tax cuts and still balance the budget by 2002. At a meeting on July 13, Domenici said he could do it. He also warned that those cuts would be extremely difficult to make politically, but that did not seem to set off any alarm bells...
...billion annually in legal fees. Those numbers could soar even higher if a controversial new state ballot initiative is adopted on Nov. 5. Proposition 211 would make it easier to file securities-fraud suits in California than in any other state--and top business leaders have risen up in alarm to fight it. "There's no place in the world like California for new companies," says Richard Hill, the chairman and CEO of Novellus Systems, a San Jose semiconductor-equipment manufacturer. "But this bill will bring that to a screeching halt...
...worried as executives of the high-tech corridor in Silicon Valley. The computer whizzes have never been very active in politics, but now, in addition to sounding their alarm about 211, they are forming a lobbying group to head off future threats. Says Intel's senior vice president, Leslie Vadasz: "We need to be more proactive and make sure our story is heard early in the debate." Someone must be listening. Earlier this year, voters indicated a preference for Prop 211; more recent polls show that the lawyers are losing...
...Chen '98, whose alarm clock did not go off last Monday morning because of the unexpected power outage, said, "[Today's] outage is not going to affect me that much, except that I can't use my computer...