Word: clauses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...corresponding insistence that popular but costly programs had to be cut, had also made the G.O.P. a party of bitter medicine. Democrats could promise more sugar at every election year. By the late 1970s the G.O.P. was asking itself which role it wanted to play, Cassandra--or Santa Claus...
...historical revisionists are at it again. They tell us Jesus was never betrayed by Judas and wasn't resurrected on Easter. Next they'll be telling us that Christmas is the birthday of Santa Claus. Any thinking person must question the objectivity of a panel of self-appointed "experts" who have their own agenda for rewriting history. GARY YAGEL, Pastor Shady Grove Presbyterian Church Germantown, Maryland...
...littered with boxes of stolen credit-card slips that, authorities believed, gang members used to set up phony accounts. The closets were stuffed with fashionable men's suits, chic handbags and Italian leather shoes, with price tags attached. Adekanbi, says assistant district attorney Diane Peress, "liked to play Santa Claus" by responding to shopping lists from friends in Nigeria. They will surely miss...
...called Santa Claus Effect that boosted the stock market on the day after Christmas fizzled as the Dow Jones industrial average fell 4.34 points Wednesday, closing at 5,105.92. The New York Stock Exchange composite index was up slightly, 0.49, to end the day at 318.13. On the Big Board, advancers led decliners 1,331 to 984, with 778 unchanged. Volume was light with 252.31 million shares traded. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 0.68 to close at 1,048.69. The Standard & Poor's 500 stocks rose slightly, 0.23 to 614.53. The American Stock Exchange market value index...
...Harvard students deserve a real movie theater as well as better bars and clubs in the Square, within walking distance. A student center that sells cheap junk food like McDonald's and Taco Bell instead of sophisticated, higher-priced substitutes would be nice too. But I'm only Santa Claus--I can't work miracles. Merry Christmas, everyone...