Word: contract
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...WORD BELOVED BY liberals and traditionally shunned by conservatives. It's cited in neither the Constitution nor the Contract with America. But these days the notion of compassion is at the heart of both the national political debate and the presidential campaign. Concerned that voters see them as heartless technocrats, more and more Republicans want to make sure that the phrase compassionate conservative is not an oxymoron. The derivation of compassion means "to suffer with," and some conservatives, like William Bennett and Arianna Huffington, are worried that come the election next fall, they might suffer for not having shown enough...
Conservatives are convinced that they must go beyond their critique of the compulsory compassion of the Great Society and offer some personal caring of their own. Republican pollster Frank Luntz, who market-tested the G.O.P.'s Contract with America, has been polling on values and telling any Republican who will listen that the three essential components of conservative compassion are spirituality, community and family...
...from the balanced budget. Republicans would first pass a budget plan, and then address tax cuts." While the idea is likely to get a good reception in the Senate, Tumulty notes, it faces steeper opposition in the House from GOP freshmen still intent on achieving the Contract With America goal of a balanced budget combined with tax cuts. Republicans have been pushing for a $200 billion tax cut over seven years. The Clinton Administration has countered with an offer of $130 billion in cuts, while Congressional Democrats and many hard-line deficit hawks say that no cuts should be made...
...time, the union was engaged in intense negotiations for the officers, who had worked for more than 15 months without a contract...
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA: Magic Johnson came out of retirement today, signing a contract to return Tuesday to the Los Angeles Lakers, the team he left more than four years ago after testing positive for the AIDS virus. "The Lakers are sorely in need of leadership and Magic Johnson certainly qualifies," says sportswriter Steve Wulf. "But whether he can lead them to a championship is another question. They will make the playoffs, but they do not have enough talent around him to beat the better teams in the conference. But it is great for the league to have him back." Johnson...