Word: erupted
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After bandying about the idea for weeks, President Clinton finally proposed a specific increase in the minimum wage: 90¢ over the next two years, to $5.15. The proposal, if not already moot, is certain to ignite a major fight with congressional Republicans. A spat is also sure to erupt when the President formally unveils his $1.6 trillion budget this week. While promising to eliminate or consolidate hundreds of programs and slash $144 billion in spending over the next five years, the President's plans do not cut deeply enough to balance the budget by 2002, which Republicans vow they will...
After bandying about the idea for weeks, President Clinton finally proposed a specific increase in the minimum wage: 90c over the next two years, to $5.15. The proposal is certain to ignite a major fight with congressional Republicans and is unlikely to survive. A spat is also sure to erupt when the President formally unveils his $1.6 trillion budget this week. While promising to eliminate or consolidate hundreds of programs and slash $144 billion in spending over the next five years, the President's plans do not cut deeply enough to balance the budget by 2002, which Republicans vow they...
...alliance is much more potent than an imagined contract based on silence. I can hardly conceive the horror that would eventually erupt if we were to remain silent and complacent on the very issues that people are contending with beyond the borders of Harvard. Indeed we suffer the longterm consequences when we ignore the very issues that our "brothers" deal with outside the mainstream...
Allegations of gunrunning in Australia and money laundering in Canada and Europe. A suicide note addressed to the French Interior Minister. Two more booby-trapped houses, primed to erupt in flames at a telephone call...
...distressed wife, deLima's Clelia is a hilarious mix of misguided energy. When their domestic squabbles erupt, Clelia satisfies her frustration with a fetish for breaking plates wrapped in napkins...