Word: equalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...huge blocks of prime tickets for all the key events. Pearl Jam's campaign against Ticketmaster will do nothing to curb such practices. So long as people with plenty of cash are willing to pay a premium to sit down front, some fans will be more equal than others at the box office...
...equal-opportunity lampoonist, Stamaty, 46, joyfully skewers both ends of the political spectrum and all points in between. His best-known character, Bob Forehead, is an earnest, airheaded Congressman who resembles John F. Kennedy, spouts conservative shibboleths and has seldom had a thought that didn't come straight from his political handlers...
...Valeo, an 18-year-old Supreme Court decision that ruled it unconstitutional to limit the amount of money a citizen can give to his or her own campaign. Of course, you can't use Buckley effectively unless you're wealthy. Says veteran G.O.P. consultant Eddie Mahe: "Other things being equal, a challenger who cannot jump-start his own campaign might as well forget...
Controversial results from the largest study on silicone breast implants indicate there is no evidence connecting implants with rheumatoid arthritis or any other disease previously linked to the product. The Mayo Clinic review of 749 women who had implants, and 1,498 who did not, found a proportionately equal number of cases of disease in both groups when other disorders developed. Researchers say the findings represent good news for the 1 million to 2 million U.S. women who have had breast-reconstruction or -enlargement surgery, but critics argue that the study was too narrow, and did not consider the possibility...
...California gray whale today became the first marine animal to be removed from the endangered species list. The gray beauties have been on the "protected" roster since 1967, but recent surveys estimate they now number 21,000 -- about equal to their population before the whalers nearly wiped them out. Though the gray whales' comeback has been declared a success by the government, some environmentalists worry that the move is premature and will send the wrong message to whale-hunting nations such as Norway and Japan...