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...lean over and peek at the ground; because the building's spine is barely visible beneath, you feel you are hovering over Vegas in the Enterprise. Ascending three more levels, you find two things that no one before Stupak thought to put atop a skyscraper: a roller coaster and a space-launch reverse-bungee jump...
...solution, Forbes shows signs of having "been bitten by the campaign bug," in the words of Republican strategist Ed Rollins. As though hiding a guilty pleasure, Forbes protests, "I would not portray it as going to an amusement park each day." Yet he is relishing the roller coaster and becoming much more assured as a candidate. The fellow who once shied away from crowds now eagerly wades into them. When leaving the Holiday Inn in Albany last week, after pumping the hands of supporters, he made a gracious detour to shake the hands of the self-conscious, red-smocked cleaning...
...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...