Word: budgeting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON: Well, that's over with. The 105th Congress heads home to the campaign trail Wednesday after the Senate approved a budget bill that most members didn't even have time to read. At 4,000 pages and 40 pounds, with more than 70 legislative throw-ins that have nothing to do with fiscal policy, the 1999 budget sounds like something Ken Starr would dream up -- except that this document is sending Democrats home happy...
...Democrats are really enjoying the spectacle of an embarrassed Republican party," says TIME congressional correspondent James Carney. "They won on education, and by hanging tough they've kept Republicans off the campaign trail for an extra week." And the budget, which even Democrat Robert Byrd called a "colossal monstrosity," looks to be loaded with pork -- which will prove immensely helpful to Democrats having trouble finding Bill Clinton's good side. Of course, victory for the Democrats in these midterms will likely be measured in how many seats they manage not to lose. But as Carney says, "Democrats...
Home Depot is the biggest target yet for RAN, which has a staff of 25 and a budget of $2 million. But Suzanne Apple, Home Depot's community-affairs director, says the activists are expecting too much, too fast. "We are committed to the environment," she says. "We have been encouraging our vendors to tell us the source of their lumber. But we have 5,000 suppliers and over 50,000 products. It doesn't happen overnight." Surely not. But if it happens at all, asserts the combative Hayes, it will be because Home Depot and other companies get "smacked...
...trainer or taking classes at the Y can come in handy. A trainer can also help you stick to your schedule. Look for one who is certified by the American Council on Exercise or some other national fitness organization. If personal trainers don't fit your image or your budget, there are any number of books and videos to help you get started. A paperback that's well suited to beginners is Joyce Vedral's Bone-Building/Body-Shaping Workout (Fireside...
...early "big word" rapper T La Rock. But it wasn't until grad school that he attempted to meld his dramatic training with spoken-word performances. Kicking around the improv poetry circuit in Manhattan, he met Levin and landed the main role in Levin's loosely scripted, no-budget feature about victims of unjust drug laws...