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...granite promontory that dominates the dramatic skyline of Cape Town, is a time-honored way of ushering in the New Year. As 2000 approaches, the 3,500-ft. mountain will sport a new look: the giant image of a clock face will be projected onto the front of the cliff, with the city's inhabitants and summertime visitors able to count down the minutes to the millennium...
...irony of his comment was two-fold: first, a Democratic Speaker in a largely Democratic state should not be worried about a liberal agenda, and second, Scott Harshbarger is hardly a radical liberal dragging the party over a cliff. He favors an increase in education spending, but given the immense budget surplus we've enjoyed this year, his plan is not too far-fetched. Finneran, on the other hand, is almost Republican in his fiscal policies. Most notably, in July he quashed a bill which would have raised the minimum wage by 90 cents an hour. The bill had Democratic...
...things seem to be happening way too fast in the world economy. Countries no longer slide into recession; they plunge headfirst over the cliff, faster than a fund manager can hit the redial button on his phone. Now that Russia's finances have imploded, the worriers are turning their attention to the other onetime communist colossus grappling with economic reform: China. Since the once vaunted "Asian miracle" has taken on the aura of a curse, a lot of investors and governments are asking if the People's Republic of China will be the next to fall...
...With reporting by Jay Branegan with Clinton and Cliff Stammerman/Armagh
Harvard also placed sixth out of 42 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (CKLVI) in December and ranked fourth at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships, a terrific jump from its eighth-place finish the previous year...