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That's why it's important to peek behind the Stealth's glitter to see the real issues at stake. While the first Stealth, which the government shrouded in a veil of secrecy until two weeks ago, has yet to fly, the Air Force already wants to build another 131. Such a spending frenzy could greatly imperil Bush's efforts to reduce the federal budget deficit, the goal he recently announced would be his first goal as president...
...think our team had a strong performance overall," LaVigne said. "It's good to be competitive this early in the season. We're looking to build and get stronger for the more important meets in February...
...soaked field to chant, dance and rip down the goalposts. They paraded the uprights around the field and out into the parking lots. They even deposited a chunk of one outside the private box of Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson, a Detroit businessman whom they once booed. "We'll build new goalposts," said Wilson happily, "and they can tear those down...
...pulpit" to rail against teachers, unions and university administrators -- a group he referred to as "the blob" -- for standing in the way of reform. This did not endear him to educators, and his relations with Congress were similarly frosty. Cavazos, on the other hand, has made an effort to build bridges during his two months in office. "The way I operate is to try to bring people together," he says...
...soon discovered that junk bonds could provide much needed capital for medium-size companies that were unable, because of their size, to issue investment-grade debt. Other firms, notably Lehman Bros., had already tried minting bonds that were high yield from the outset. But Milken was the first to build a market for the bonds by finding hungry customers among institutional money managers, who must constantly search for higher returns on their investments...