Word: friday
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Although the new fiscal year actually started Friday, the final negotiations on how to budget for it won't take place for weeks. Clinton has already promised to veto some of the Republicans' proposals; most of the rest is mired in some serious GOP infighting. In a particularly poignant example Thursday, a $2 billion cut in foreign aid favored by the party's fiscal hawks (for the money) and neo-isolationists (for the principle) was dragged down by a third GOP faction that wanted to tack on anti-abortion provisions. While Clinton stands back and drawls about "sitting down...
...kind of forum/class/seminar inhibits your ability to relax, cultural diversions are the solution. Students, their IDs, and five bucks meet chamber music and a flower-filled courtyard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Fenway, Boston; 566-1401; T or No. 39 bus: Museum of Fine Arts; Thursday, Friday and Sunday afternoons and evenings; lectures, gallery and garden tours and jazz series are also offered; museum open Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Pretentious, yes, but these soundscapes will soothe the mind, especially since there is no final exam...
...Mediation and levitation may not be for everyone. But if you still must stop the madness, the Bureau of Study Council's Stress Management workshop (5 Linden St.; 495-2581; beginning in November, six FREE weekly meetings; Friday 2:30p.m. to 4 p.m.) offers a practical review of personal reactions to stress, identification of lifestyle and behavior causing emotional turmoil. The catch: group therapy means a roomful of new best friends...
...other half, the Men Talk forum (Bureau of Study Council, 5 Linden St.; 495-2581 or 495-2042; Friday 2:45-4:15 p.m., starts mid-October) features a man-to-woman interface. Women therapists offer perspectives while men can share feelings about love, work, power, sex and health...
...always be found with a laugh. Boston is full of cheesy comedy acts and sketchy nightclubs, but the most famous comedy club is in Faneuil Hall at the Comedy Connection (245 Quincy Market Bldg.; T: Gov't Center; 248-9700; Monday to Wednesday 8 p.m., Thursday 8:30 p.m., Friday to Saturday 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.; $10; 18+). National acts and Saturday Night Live characters abound at this touristy locale, but the raunchy R-rated Hypnotist (Thursday 8:30 p.m.) is the guy that keeps drawing in the crowd. If Harvard seems a little stressful, watching your female...