Word: fines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the tax cut was dead for 1999. Unlike some G.O.P. moderates, Lott claimed he wasn't interested in a compromise--a little more spending for Clinton, a smaller tax cut for the G.O.P. Better to have the issue to take to voters next year. That suits most Democrats fine: Al Gore never misses a chance to denounce the G.O.P.'s "risky tax-cut scheme" and to promise that education and health care would have priority over tax cuts if the Democrats had their way. The only Democrat it may not suit is Clinton, for whom this budget...
...shareholders, employees, advertisers. It didn't matter if I was going to enjoy this deal or not. We didn't need this deal. CBS was a great company with terrific cash flow without Viacom." And Viacom, as company CEO Sumner Redstone will tell you, was doing just fine on its own, with $12.1 billion in 1998 revenue. The spry Redstone, 76, might also point out to you--and you too, Mel--that he will still hold the top job and isn't planning on going anywhere soon...
...Viacom is clearly the acquiring party. "I had always thought of CBS as a network," says Redstone. "But it's much more than that." Redstone saw a good fit. CBS was strong domestically; Viacom was growing fast internationally. And shareholders had long expressed concerns that Redstone, who remains in fine fettle, had no clear successor. Karmazin, a darling on Wall Street for driving up the stock price of CBS, and of Infinity Broadcasting before that, would neatly resolve that issue...
...actually get a run for his money this week, but look for him to hold on tight for a 2-0 record. RAVENS QB Scott Mitchell is not playing well at all, and if the Steelers can ignite just a little spark in their defense, they should be just fine and pull...
...Slim figures that if he dances with the ones that brung ?im, he can?t go wrong. Herewith the locks, the Steelers make it 2-0 against an underachieving Ravens squad, setting the stage for an unexpected rampage this year in the AFC Central. Kordell?s gonna be just fine...