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Weld and his record are closer to home. He's the guy who took over a state that was demoralized and nearly bankrupt after Michael Dukakis' tenure and proceeded to balance the budget six years in a row while cutting taxes 15 times. More than Kerry, Weld is the candidate who can claim to have presided over an economy that is performing better than that of almost any other industrial state. In 1991, Weld's first year, Massachusetts' unemployment rate was one of the highest in the nation. Last week the state hit a seven-year low. "John's forte...
...Clinton-Gore campaign: "People don't see the teachers as Big Labor, like the Steelworkers." But they do see an education system in terrible disarray, and last week's back-to-school headlines brought fresh evidence: 91,000 students without classroom space in New York City, a bankrupt board closing schools in the District of Columbia, buildings crumbling, test scores falling. Voters are looking for someone to blame, and the Dole campaign is trying to capitalize on the perception--and sometime reality--that the unions, rich, powerful and self-protective, are part of the problem, not part of the solution...
...time he parted ways with Clinton in 1990, Morris was a solo operator who worked almost exclusively for Republicans. His partnership with Dresner had ended badly--he left the firm in 1982, shortly before it went bankrupt--and his combative nature had burned many bridges. Morris has considerable charm--along with deep knowledge of history and an abiding love of all things French--but he used it on candidates, not on their campaign teams...
Having a hard time paying your bills? Are your debts becoming unmanageable? Afraid that the bank may foreclose on your home? Why not join the crowd--and toss in the towel? Beat it. Just walk away. Declare yourself bankrupt. More than 266,000 consumers filed for bankruptcy in the first three months of 1996 alone, the highest quarterly total ever. Experts say an unprecedented 1 million individuals will go belly-up by the end of the year. In the process, they are turning an onerous personal disaster into something on the order of overdraft checking. "Personal bankruptcy," says researcher Robert...
...births--and 50 deaths--have been recorded this year. Vodka is one of the main killers. Of the 2,900 people in the area, 1,100 are pensioners. Forty percent of the working-age residents do not have jobs. The village's main employer, a logging combine, went bankrupt last year; the other source of work, the state farm, may well slaughter the rest of its herd this winter...