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...adversaries take Saddam at his word. The Iraqi's remarks, said U.S. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, are the "first evidence that in fact he's really beginning to feel the pain" of the sanctions. As his discomfort grows, said Cheney, Saddam may "use his military force to try to break the stranglehold...
...idea of the program is to help as many frosh as we can, not to make others feel uncomfortable," Chi said. "The question was inconvenience for the FOPpers versus ameliorating the discomfort of the non-FOPpers...
...Democrats. First the President outraged many Republicans by backing away from his "no new taxes" pledge. Then, after both sides agreed to submit budget proposals simultaneously in late July, the Administration plan leaked and Republicans, seeing that it was studded with new taxes, bolted. The Democrats, relishing Bush's discomfort, withheld their ideas, and the summit collapsed without discussion of specific new revenues or spending cuts...
...additional irony that the increase in the minimum wage may actually leave some families worse off. When household incomes creep up, many workers find themselves suddenly ineligible for the food stamps, housing allowances and Medicaid that have made the difference between mere discomfort and true desperation...
...That discomfort is certain to deepen as more working women find their career paths leading to a relocation. Women are still the "trailing spouse" in 94% of all job transfers that involve couples. But that is changing rapidly. By the end of the decade, almost a quarter of all transferees are expected to be + women, up from 5% just 10 years ago. Feelings of resentment, helplessness and dependency that have long plagued displaced working women promise to be harsher for men. While potential employers rarely find it odd that a wife has given up a job to trail her husband...