Word: coaster
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shave as much as $100 billion from spending during seven years, devoting $25 billion of this to tax cuts. If this package sounds familiar, there's a reason. It's a pale twin of the President's February 1995 budget, the timid postelection plan that launched this yearlong roller-coaster ride in the first place. But there is one new wrinkle: with tax cuts up front, Gingrich's scheme could very well increase the deficit in the next two years, then leave it hovering near $200 billion thereafter...
...when he awoke the next morning, the thrill was gone. The next five days, between Friday morning and the final decision Tuesday to pull the plug, were an emotional roller coaster. Powell arrived home Saturday afternoon to find his house staked out. Everyone knew a decision was coming. He spoke with a few friends by telephone that afternoon, and running was still a possibility. He even picked the announcement day--Nov. 22, the anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination and the eve of Thanksgiving, America's family...
Thus, for those of you who are new to the Harvard hockey scene--or maybe perhaps just chose to block out of your mind the roller coaster ride that the 1994-95 season was--here are a few things to watch for tomorrow night...
...Election Day is, believe it or not, the quietest day in the campaign office," Mayberry recalled. "You are just preparing for the night. That night, when the election results start coming in, you have the mental calculator cranking all night. It is an emotional roller coaster...
...beauty than the beast last week as it announced its first quarterly profit since opening in 1992. The theme park attributed third-quarter earnings of more than $35 million to an enthusiastic public response to price cuts in tickets, food and hotels--and a new Space Mountain roller coaster...