Word: florida
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would say their size basically overwhelmed us," Florida International coach Shakey Rodriguez said last night after his team lost to the Tar Heels 65-44 in the opening round of the Preseason NIT. Florida International shot only 29 percent from the field...
...talk about inclusion, reach out to minorities, spend time on education, mind the environment and are tightfisted with their budgets coasted to easy victories in state after state: Tom Ridge in Pennsylvania, Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin, John Engler in Michigan and, above all, the Bush brothers in Texas and Florida. The darlings of the right, the David Beasleys, Fob Jameses and Dan Lungrens, were shown to the exits...
...theologian named Edwina Gately, Genesis House is one of just a handful of U.S. recovery centers for prostitutes. As social-service and law-enforcement agencies have learned about its success rate and unusual approach in dealing with seemingly intractable clients, it has become a model for similar programs from Florida to Thailand. Nonetheless, just when it has so much to crow about, Genesis House finds itself in financial jeopardy. The loss of half a million dollars in federal funds this year has forced the agency into an unexpected scramble to maintain its programs; it has had to lay off about...
...Bush (R) became Florida Governor with ads chiding Lieutenant Governor Buddy MacKay (D) for his position on taxes. Teachers, cops and the elderly declare, "He's not my Buddy!" The one kind word? A crook thanks MacKay for increasing taxes on burglar alarms...
...Florida Attorney General Robert A. Butterworth, below, expanded a lawsuit against American Family Publishers, the company that uses promises of huge sweepstakes winnings to round up new magazine subscribers. Alleging fraudulent business practices that target the elderly, the suit now names Time-Warner and Time Inc., part owners of AFP (and this magazine's parent companies) as co-defendants...