Word: bill
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Although the Massachusetts Senate yesterday rejected a motion to discharge the proposed Gay Rights Bill from committee--which would expedite the final vote--legislators said the record number of senators that approved the motion indicates support for the bill is strong...
...vote set a precedent for the Senate as motions to discharge a bill from a Senate committee rarely garner support, often receiving only a single vote from the sponsor of the discharge, legislators said...
...forced out Chairman Robert Fomon after promoting Rittereiser to chief executive. But the company was no quick- turnaround candidate. Last year Hutton posted a net loss of $90.3 million at a time when other brokerages were prospering. Even attempts to restore the firm's prestige seemed ineffectual. Hutton hired Bill Cosby as a TV spokesman in 1986 and recently changed its motto to "We listen...
...increased cooperation, things have not always gone smoothly. The sorest point has been the case of U.S. Commodities Broker Marc Rich, who fled to Switzerland in 1983 with the largest delinquent tax bill in American . history: $48 million. In 1982 a federal judge in New York ordered a Swiss company owned by Rich to submit documents that would prove his tax delinquency. After the judge threatened to impose a $50,000-a-day fine on Rich's company, the fugitive agreed to supply the papers. But just as the documents were to be shipped to the U.S., they were impounded...
...from $60 to $225. Store shelves and shop windows are crowded with jabbering dolls, video villains, electronic spaceships and even a child- size camcorder. But there are signs that parents -- and grandparents -- may balk at shelling out as much for a single toy as for December's heating bill...