Word: caps
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...that pesky check- engine light that pops up on your dashboard, help has arrived. The CodeScout, at right, helps you figure out what is wrong by plugging into your car's diagnostic port (near steering wheel) and displaying a detailed error message. If it's just a loose gas cap, you can save a trip to the shop. Alas, some of the $150 device's messages are so cryptic, you may end up running to a mechanic to decipher them...
...appearing in public in a Western tie and jacket, the first high official to do so since the Cultural Revolution. LIKE MOST OF CHINA'S PRESENT LEADERS, ZHAO WAS BRUTALIZED BY THE RED GUARDS. In 1967 he was paraded through the streets of Canton in a dunce's cap and denounced as ?a stinking remnant of the landlord class.' He has come a long way from that parade, and in the process has effected a more substantive revolution of his own. His agricultural reforms as governor of Sichuan (among them: allowing peasants to keep some profits) increased productivity...
...party, or must he abide by the contribution limits that apply to existing parties? As yet the Federal Election Commission has no answer to this and other thorny questions, which will probably get hashed out in various state courts. Black holds that Perot should comply with the $25,000 cap on contributions from a single individual to candidates in an election cycle. Perot's advisers retort that Perot should be allowed unlimited spending on "party building" activities, just as wealthy donors to the voter-registration efforts of the Democratic and Republican parties...
...athletes. Most of them make more money in a year than the majority of their fans earn in a lifetime. The players' exorbitant paychecks and the resulting sky-high ticket prices are putting the game out of reach for many fans. The NHL players' refusal to accept a salary cap caused many people in the hockey support industry - vendors, arena staff, employees of sports bars - to lose their jobs, and now the NHL guys are displacing European players and taking their jobs. All for the sake of money. David Collinson Victoria, Canada Importing Knowledge Re your report on the Davos...
During his 11-year tenure with the Patriots, Wasynczuk managed the team’s daily business operations, negotiated player contracts and stadium deals, and managed the team’s salary cap...