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...fate they aren't afraid to test. Giddy with the momentum of their Election Day victories, House Republicans are already venturing beyond the welfare-reform plan outlined in their contract, which is itself a blunt instrument. Like the White House reform bill that was introduced earlier this year, the G.O.P. plan would deny benefits after two years. Unlike Clinton's plan, however, it would not provide jobs for those who can't find them. In a far more radical move, Republicans are also seeking to abolish more than 100 federal programs and replace them with grants to states, which would...
...blunt, because it has such snob appeal. The American Kennel Club was founded 110 years ago by a group of American bluebloods who pledged "to do everything to advance the study, breeding, exhibiting, running and maintenance of purity of thoroughbred dogs." At the time purebreds were status symbols, owned exclusively by the wealthy and prized for their strength, skill and intelligence as much as for their looks...
...issued a poll conducted right after the voting by Stan Greenberg, the President's own pollster. It showed that Clinton's support had vanished among the independent voters who helped put Democrats over the top in 1992. Said D.L.C. president Al From: "For President Clinton there is a pretty blunt message in this poll: Get with the program, or you'll have to pay consequences...
Vandergelder is every bit as domineering and controlling as Dolly, although he goes When about it in a much more blunt manner. When his employees, Cornelius and Barnaby, (played by Michael DeVries and Cory English, respectively) ask for one night a week off, he displays his tightwad mentality by absolutely refusing and threatening to fire them. Vandergelder's employees live in terror of him; after taking an afternoon off without permission, they're constantly afraid he will catch them, a fear which is realized...
Catherine Robe expertly plays Helena, a friend of Alison's who comes to stay and breaks up the group's dynamic, eventually seducing Jimmy. Robe emphasizes the subtle acidity of her lines, painting Helena as a cold, blunt, curt, savvy and slightly conniving woman. But Robe is also attentive to Helena's sense of moral obligation, rendering Helena's complexities exciting to watch...