Word: archers
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...Sean Archer (John Travolta) is an FBI agent determined to nail Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), the terrorist who killed Sean's young son. He does so, apparently killing Castor. In order to find a bomb that...oh, never mind; it's too weird. Just know that Sean has Castor's face sewn on him. And then a revived Castor puts on Sean's face. The men are trapped in the personalities of their worst enemies...
...decade. Coming a day after the House overwhelmingly voted for its GOP-sponsored tax relief proposal, the White House is feeling the pressure to make a deal fast. Just minutes after the House bill passed the bill, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin was sequestered with chief House tax writer Bill Archer, looking for ways to overcome presidential reservations about what a radical tax bill would mean for the fate of the balanced budget deal. Both measures represent the biggest tax break since the Reagan administration. "We're going to work with the president and his team," a jubilant Newt Gingrich said...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The House Ways and Means Committee brushed aside Democratic concerns and sent Bill Archer's $85 billion tax cut package to the House floor Friday. If passed, the legislation will give Americans their first major tax cut in 16 years. The GOP successfully beat back a barrage of attacks from Democrats who tried to bring the legislation closer to the tax package envisioned by the White House, which has criticized the Archer plan as not providing enough tax relief to the working poor and middle class. The legislation, however, suffered a surprising setback after a half dozen Republicans...
...basis of political contributions or as a result of political influence [NATION, April 21]. I was never contacted by the White House about any of the myriad important companies and individuals whom we prosecuted or investigated. I am immensely proud of our record for such prosecutions as Archer Daniels Midland, Microsoft, GE and literally scores of others. Undoubtedly many of those we prosecuted were well connected politically and gave large campaign contributions, but those connections and possible contributions were irrelevant. We did our job professionally, fairly, evenhandedly and based on our best judgment of the law and the facts...
...certain to be part of any 1997 budget-balancing deal, and it is possible that relief will be granted even if no budget compromise is reached. "I haven't seen this kind of support [for a tax cut] in the 26 years I've been in Congress," says Bill Archer, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee...