Word: brief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton a bill adding $67 billion to the nation's $4.9 trillion debt ceiling, and will probably follow it with a measure extending government spending for a few weeks. However, Clinton is expected to veto the bills because of extraneous provisions he finds unacceptable. The likely result is a brief shutdown of nonessential government operations as the two sides find a compromise on the spending measure. One possible stopgap solution to the impasse over the debt ceiling: "borrowing" from the pension and savings of federal employees...
...final analysis, the victory was handed to the petitioners. Awards were presented to David Schwimmer for "Best Oral Argument" and to the petitioners for "Best Brief...
After staging a brief University Hall sit-in, about 35 House and Neighborhood Development (HAND) program members yesterday left the office of the Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 reassured that their public service activities will safely continue...
...four Harvard speakers made brief comments on Rabin's legacy before Rabinovich gave a keynote speech...
...meds fly off to different corners of the country for medical school interviews, giving their roommates a brief respite from their anal ways. Recruiting types in jacket and tie overrun introductory meetings like desperate lemmings, stuffing their faces with finger food while making pathetic attempts to schmooze employers. Aspiring lawyers sit in front of their computers, struggling to infuse their law school personal statements with wisdom and eloquence...