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...definitive answer to the tax question may have to await the end of Fiske's investigation -- which, at least at the start, presumably will focus on an earlier matter: Did Madison Guaranty, a busted savings and loan, funnel money improperly either into Bill Clinton's Arkansas campaigns or into Whitewater, a real estate venture in which the Clintons were equal partners with James McDougal, the owner of Madison Guaranty, and his former wife Susan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raw Nerves and Tax Returns | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...university that, this semester, will launch the largest capital campaign in the history of higher education. That fund drive--which has tacitly been ongoing for the past two years, though it officially kicks off on May 13--is expected to funnel about $2 billion into Harvard's already bulging coffers...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Follow the Money | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

Congressmen used to funnel money back home with defense dollars. Now they do it with "defense conversion" dollars. Very quietly in November, the 1994 Defense Appropriations bill came out of a House-Senate conference and was instantly signed by President Clinton. The bill calls for distribution of more than $2.4 billion to fund such defense-conversion projects as these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Converts | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

France's mighty unions are ranging themselves against any changes in the labor codes, while Balladur has broached modest alterations: allowing firms the flexibility to use extra employees at busy times and fewer off-peak and letting businesses hire young workers at less than the minimum wage if they funnel the savings into training. The government is also considering legislation to encourage companies to adopt a four-day week, which it hopes would put more people back on the payroll. Citizens are being urged to set up their own personal retirement accounts, easing the burden on employers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell to Welfare | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

Stop for how long? The scheme has never been tested in a man-made impoundment, nor at 9,000 to 10,000 ft. in mountainous terrain subject to very heavy snowfalls, avalanches, flooding, severe underground seepage and seismic activity. If, or when, the tailings dump fails, it will funnel heavy metals into Fisher Creek, which becomes the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River, the only "wild and scenic" river in northwestern Wyoming. If the Army Corps of Engineers or the Environmental Protection Agency vetoes the wetlands destruction, the next best site would require a more complicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mother Lode Vs. Mother Nature | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

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