Word: bill
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...bill is expected to be debated in theSenate early in the month. Since it was given anunfavorable recommendation by the committee, theproposed bill will only reach the House if it isfirst passed by the Senate
...pinned to his body, ankles crossed, head aimed at the ground in what chutists call a "no-lift" dive, and plummeted toward Williams at a speed of around 200 m.p.h. The effort was like "trying to catch a football that was flopping down the road at 40 m.p.h.," said Bill Rothe, Williams' fiance, who watched from the ground. At 3,500 ft., about ten seconds before impact, Robertson caught up with Williams, almost hitting her but slowing his own descent by assuming the open-body froglike position. He angled the unconscious sky diver so her chute could open readily...
Last week Gephardt was waging a trade war on two fronts. In Congress, he was pressing for passage of the Gephardt amendment, which would add protectionist teeth to the pending trade bill by mandating quotas or tariffs if a rival nation sustained a large trade surplus with the U.S. and refused to eliminate unfair practices. Campaigning in Iowa, he became the first Democratic contender to challenge Hart aggressively on a major issue. Somewhat unfairly, Gephardt linked Hart with Ronald Reagan: "Frankly, I'm disturbed that the front runner in our party echoes the President and offers nothing new on trade...
...barely 8 on a Saturday morning, one of the two weekend days each month that Cubans are required to show up for work. The downtown Havana bus stop was already crowded. A foreign visitor buying a newspaper at a nearby stand offered a dollar bill to the vendor, a wizened and near blind old man. He eagerly accepted it and carefully counted the change in Cuban centavos. Moments later, a policeman, obviously summoned by the crowd, was glaring sternly at the vendor. Dollar transactions are not allowed in Cuba, an onlooker explained. The old man ruefully handed the greenback...
...bankers, gaining a similar advantage will take time, no matter what happens this week. In March the U.S. Senate passed a banking bill that if adopted by the House would place a one-year moratorium on any regulatory expansion of bank powers. Such legislation would be likely to void any relaxation of Glass-Steagall by the Federal Reserve Board this week. But major banks fully intend to test the limits of how far they can move toward investment services. Last month, for example, Chase Manhattan introduced a deposit account with a yield tied to the stock market's performance. That...