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...took a state that was a financial basket case and by every financial indicator ready to go off the cliff," Cellucci said. "Since [1991] we've seen a quadruple increase in our bond rating and the state's fiscal policy is the best that it has been in a decade...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: State Republicans Discuss Election Prospects | 2/19/1994 | See Source »

...president, I feel very, very fortunate,"Rudenstine said. "I don't feel like there are noproblems, but there's no cliff we're about to falloff. That really is a blessing these days...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, | Title: ROTC Gets Reprieve | 2/16/1994 | See Source »

...Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area and interrupted the World Series in 1989, it was seen almost as a novelty. More than a few observers probably harrumphed that those fools got exactly what they deserved for building a city right over a fault line on a rocky cliff overlooking the ocean...

Author: By Jay Kim, | Title: Alive and Well in California | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...think people don't want to feel like they're dropping off a cliff," says Professor of Sociology Theda Skocpol. "We're trying to turn it into a sort of phase instead of a disjuncture...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, | Title: THE UNCAPPING OF RETIREMENT | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

...giving up hard, cold cash for stock, and he's accepting a smaller post in a much bigger company." Says Jeffrey Logsdon, who follows the company for Seidler Amdec: "This is an exit strategy for Huizenga. He gets to unload a declining business before it falls off the cliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Blockbuster Deal for Beavis and Butt-Head | 1/17/1994 | See Source »

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