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...idea was promoted most assiduously by the Democratic Leadership Council, a group headed in 1990-91 by none other than Bill Clinton. When Cuomo finally decided just before Christmas not to run, pundits of this school were pretty much stuck with hailing Clinton as the new front runner by default. Some who had complained endlessly about the interminable length of past campaigns are even beginning to grumble that this one may be over almost before it begins...
...most from capital-gains relief. Congress may revive the investment tax credit in hopes of boosting spending on factories and equipment. Bush would probably sign on. Experts caution that the ITC would be truly helpful only if the credit is temporary (somehow temporary measures tend to become permanent by default) and targeted to productive investments...
...wake of Mario Cuomo's default, meanwhile, the six major Democratic candidates are looking to the Granite State as the first major showdown in what has suddenly become a wide-open scramble for their party's nomination. For now, the one clear winner is New Hampshire; after three years of dismal economic news, the locals can look forward to a quick-shot infusion of cash from the candidates and the hordes of journalists covering the contest. At least four of the Democrats will spend $530,000 apiece, the maximum allowed in the primary. On top of that, the Administration...
...need to meet the demands of the American car market or harness the spirit of innovation. From the homogeneous vantage points of Japan and Germany, the exuberant free thinking seems to be a function of L.A.'s slam-bang Anglo-Afro-Latino-Asian ethnic mix -- cultural democracy by default. "The Southern California area is like a melting pot -- there are so many different races," says Mitsubishi vice president Satoru Tsujimoto. "From those different backgrounds, there are many different values. So there are many different designs." For companies acutely conscious of their need to sell cars all over the world...
...egomaniacal as this guy says, what am I doing here? It's a grouchy, spoilsport question, whose answer probably is that tennis watching is for those of us who always wanted to throw our oatmeal on the floor when we were little but were afraid the referee would default...