Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trade balance could be very good for Pat Buchanan - at least for a little while. The isolationist presidential candidate may want to put a few more volunteers on his switchboard after Thursday's Commerce Department announcement that the U.S. racked up a $24.4 billion trade deficit in September - 3.7 percent higher than it was the month before. That's bad news for American manufacturers, who have lost a half million jobs since 1998 as worldwide exports of U.S. goods continue to fall...
This weekend, Harvard rallied from a 14-0 deficit and was up 17-14 when it forced Penn into a fourth-and-10 from midfield. Penn quarterback Gavin Hoffman scrambled forward, possibly crossing the line of scrimmage ("From my vantage point, he was over," Murphy said), and heaved the ball to the goal line, where Brandon Carson turned and made the catch for the shocking...
...Harvard was not fazed by Cahill, or by her teammates' physical defense. The Crimson needed two goals in the third period, and that was just what it got. Playing shorthanded, Ruggiero fought her way into the crease to cut the deficit in half 1:41 into the final period. Junior winger Angie Francisco got the equalizer 10 minutes later by putting back the rebound on a shot from Shewchuk, her linemate...
...Robert Reich, who called the candidate "a man of commitment, dedication and vision." Reich left the Cabinet in 1997, long after his decidedly liberal economics pitted him against moderate White House policy. "Reich's biggest frustration was that he felt that by focusing so single-mindedly on reducing the deficit, the Clinton administration missed a golden opportunity to invest in workers," says TIME Washington correspondent Karen Tumulty. "And no one, except maybe [former treasury secretary Robert] Rubin exemplified that dedication to deficit reduction more than Gore did." In fact, adds Tumulty, Reich and the vice president have never been philosophically...
...Harvard goes down early, however, it may pose problems for a young team that has only had to come back from a deficit once all season...