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...with a multimillion-dollar war chest. To save their man, Carey aides began a desperate scramble for money. The schemes they hatched would make a mockery of the $22 million that the Federal Government had spent to clean up the union and ensure that the race would be the fairest in Teamster history...
...course, one could go on and on extolling the wonders of CNN, Court TV and American Movie Classics. But discussion here should be limited to old-fashioned prime-time network TV--the fairest way, after all, to draw a comparison with TV's pre-cable Bronze Age. A list of indispensable current series, besides those already mentioned, would include the mighty, acerbic Roseanne, still potent after seven-plus seasons; newer shows now hitting their stride, like Mad About You, The X-Files, Friends, NewsRadio and the wonderful Homicide, more vivid and biting than its more illustrious rival NYPD Blue. Among...
...after President Clinton unveiled his version of middle-class tax cuts, a rhetorical tug-of war began between the White House and congressional Republicans over whose plan was fairest to taxpayers -- and how far toward the GOP camp Clinton's plan must move to win Republican approval. Even as Clinton aides continued hashing out additional provisions, Republicans chided the president as a johnny-come-lately and said the "Contract With America" gave citizens more benefits. (Incoming House Majority leader Richard Armey of Texas even dubbed Clinton's package "Contract-lite.") The White House, anticipating the barbs, threw a briefing featuring...
...There are currently no guidelines for filling the current, vacancy and it is incumbent upon the Board [of Election Commissioners] to come [up] with the fairest method possible," Dennis Newman, McSweeney's attorney, wrote Wednesday in a letter to the board...
...universal." He also dodged the issue of how to pay for a less-than-universal plan, ducking a categorical assertion that employers should be forced to pay. "I have never said that we had to have the employer mandate, although I think that's the best and fairest way," he said.Clinton's chief opponent on the issue, Republican Senator Bob Dole, interpreted the remarks as "an effort by the President to break the deadlock...