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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stops in the local bar looking for a little vocational guidance, he is astonished to discover that he's just the man the proprietor is looking for. Wayne (J.T. Walsh) needs somebody to bump off his wife. As it turns out, Wayne is just a little too eager to fill this vacancy, for he violates the most basic rule of personnel placement: always check a prospective employee's references...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Equal Opportunity Evil | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

...series of economic incentives designed to create mixed-income developments where the role models Lane seeks (mostly poor too, but working nonetheless) can live without bankrupting themselves. To this end, HUD will shortly amend its rules so local authorities can prefer working families over welfare recipients as they fill apartment vacancies from waiting lists that now total an astonishing 6 million people nationwide. Rent caps are coming too. Currently families pay 30% of their income in rent, a figure that climbs as earnings rise, a nonsensical policy "that creates a work disincentive as tenants seek to keep their rents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Clinton's House Rules | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

...will be a major concern for the U.C.--It will be difficult to fill his shoe," he said...

Author: By H. NICOLE Lee, | Title: Jewett Will Be Missed | 5/4/1994 | See Source »

Rebecca M. Boggs '95, founder of Radcliffe and Harvard Students for Equality Feminism (RHSEF) said the group was formed to fill a gap in campus debate...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: New Feminist Group Formed | 5/4/1994 | See Source »

...pretty negative." Perhaps the only people who really care about the president of the council are the people vying for the job. In that case, shouldn't they be the ones voting? Or perhaps the council should simply cease to involve itself in other students' affairs and fill a long-empty niche as the Harvard-Radcliffe Model Parliament. With Model Senate, Congress, United Nations, and Security Council, what else is missing...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: The Early Line | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

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