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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debates among council members occurred when Councillor Henrietta S. Davis asked that the council hold a hearing for the Immigrant Voting Rights Campaign during next Monday's council meeting...
...opinion of him, according to the TIME/CNN poll. To fix that, the McCain videotaped biography has been mailed to party activists, and the TV-commercial version has been airing for the past two weeks. There is some evidence that Bush support in the state is soft. Among those who picked "W" or other candidates, 43% say they are open to supporting the Arizona Senator...
...with me on one last mission," the former Navy pilot often tells veterans. The pitch is a combination not only of his winning story and expertise on foreign and military affairs but also of a commitment to shore up health-care and other benefits for this group. Even among veterans, who should know about McCain's POW struggle, though, the candidate has had to work just to introduce himself. At an August rally, Cliff Fagan, a Korean War veteran who had been invited by a local politician to hear the Arizona Senator, wasn't clear about...
...news is good news in Japan these days. Last month Nissan announced a sweeping restructuring with thousands of job cuts, and last week it reported a $3 billion loss, one of the biggest in history. The overwhelming reaction among Japan watchers was...jubilation. These days each time Mitsubishi, NEC or Hitachi announces a plant closing, the Tokyo stock market surges higher. Economists now cheer as banks that once could have bought small countries desperately merge or plead for a white knight (even foreigners are welcome) to save them from insolvency. Behind this seemingly misplaced optimism in Japan's ailing economy...
...Among the most talked about is the Attackers Business School. Founded by Kenichi Ohmae, an illustrious Tokyo business figure who has dabbled in politics, Attackers offers a six-month course with guest lectures by star entrepreneurs like Softbank's Masayoshi Son and Masahiro Origuchi, the 38-year-old chairman of Goodwill Group, a prospering new agency for temporary workers. "These are the Michael Dells of Japan," says Ohmae. "The bright ones are jumping off the old companies, which are going to end up destroyed...