Word: chairmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Republicans were defecting en masse. All eight G.O.P. Congressmen seeking elevation to the Senate this November voted no. At that point, scores of undecided Democrats rushed into the negative column. Of the 25 Democratic incumbents facing stiff challenges this year, none supported the deal. Eight of the 13 chairmen of the appropriations subcommittees, who usually have great power in shaping the details of spending plans, deserted the Democratic leadership. The final tally, shortly after 1 a.m.: 254 to 179 against the measure. The Democrats opposed it 149 to 108, the Republicans...
...Klerk's white government: to demystify the A.N.C. and make clear that Mandela is only one of many black players. Before his next session with the A.N.C., De Klerk plans to meet with the leaders of the country's six self-governing black homelands and with the chairmen of the ministers' councils of the "colored" (mixed race) and Indian chambers to discuss "the structuring of the process of negotiation." The talks with the A.N.C. will set the ground rules for future bargaining on majority rule that will presumably include other nonwhite groups...
...industry dominated by giant Hollywood studios and behemoth budgets, Miramax Films has succeeded against all odds. With only 40 employees, it has found a niche marketing shrewdly chosen, low-budget "art house" films, most of which have been rejected by the big studios as noncommercial. Miramax Co- Chairmen Harvey Weinstein, 37, and his brother Bob, 35, have proved them wrong. Three of the ten films they released last year -- My Left Foot, Cinema Paradiso and sex, lies, and videotape -- are up for a total of seven Academy Awards this month. The Weinsteins have also earned something rare among independents...
...million) and Ghostbusters II ($112 million), pushing Columbia from last place among the major studios in 1988 to No. 3 last year. Even so, Steel, 43, figured her job was in jeopardy when Sony bought Columbia last September and installed producers Peter Guber and Jon Peters as co-chairmen. She departs with a pay package said to be worth $7 million. While her abrasiveness has earned her the label "Steely Dawn," her star may keep on rising. Among the studios reportedly negotiating with her are Disney, 20th Century Fox, Universal and Warner Bros...