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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fearing that the eclipse would mean chaos or civil unrest, media coverage of the event has been overwhelmingly negative. The Cornwall tourist board trumpeted slogans like "come early, stay long, leave late," British Rail added 21 extra trains during the week and last November the Cornish Local Medical Committee urged prospective parents to avoid conceiving, in the expectation that gridlock caused by the eclipse would prevent them from reaching maternity units...
...Angeles, in the middle of a sunny day. The victims number five, one, a five-year-old boy, close to it. Three of them are little children, so young that among their peers, the luckier innocents, some were smiling and holding hands as their rescuers led them to safety. Extra cruel this time...
...Class squabbling aside, most folks seem to agree that paying down the national debt -- as long as we?ve got some extra money ? ought to be our first priority. They?re absolutely right. And the polls indicate that people also think that Bill Clinton is the man to do it for them. (This impression, most likely, is the result of countless Clinton speeches about irresponsible "instant gratification" on the Republican side and safe, sane saving for the future by your friends at the White House.) Clinton keeps saying only he can save Medicare and Social Security; the Republicans say they...
...Nature abhors a vacuum, Washington abhors extra money. It must be disposed of, somehow, and soon enough to get re-elected with. (And in a ten-year block, no less) If we get lucky, the current standoff will harden into a stalemate, and at least this year?s surplus will go where it belongs -? into the bank. If not, then I guess I?ll settle for the compromise favored by a handful of moderates (A tip: for some of the best fiscal policy out there, look for the Republicans who break ranks with their party): $500 billion in tax cuts...
RUNNING EMPTY Worried about toting a potentially incendiary jug of extra fuel in your trunk? Your answer may be Spare Tank. It's a gasoline derivative much less combustible than ordinary gas, thus less likely to explode. Still, it packs enough punch, when mixed with residual fuel in your tank, to get you to the next station. Cost: a high-octane $24.99 a gallon...