Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...APOLOGY TO DAVID SMITH AND to all husbands and fathers who are providing a substantial living for their families. To call David "less achieving" with an annual salary of $21,700 was cruel. He was willing to contribute more than 25% of his gross income to child support. Some human compassion is due an extremely troubled young woman like Susan Smith, but not at the expense of the grieving father of the children she murdered...
...scathing report, the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the CIA of gross ineptitude for failing to unearth agency mole Aldrich Ames during a period of nine years. Ames' sale of secrets to the Soviets -- the most damaging security breach in U.S. spy history -- is believed to have cost the lives of at least 10 agents behind the Iron Curtain and compromised more than 100 operations. The committee blasted the agency for its inability to investigate itself and properly recognize Ames' suspicious activities. The panel also criticized Director R. James Woolsey for his mild reprimands of those responsible for the botched probe...
...ballot question would lower the personal income tax rate for couples with adjusted gross income less than $102, 000 per year from 5.95 per cent to 5.5 percent. This bracket would encompass 92 percent of Massachusetts residents. Those falling into other brackets would have additional income up to $150,000 taxed at 8.8 percent, and income over $150,000 taxed at 9.8 percent. Total state revenue would be unchanged...
...broken the prime-time barrier. Produced by Toronto-based Alliance Communications, the series has done surprisingly well for CBS in the ratings (and even better on Canada's CTV, where it is the highest-rated Canadian show ever). The culture clash between a Dudley Do-Right Mountie (Paul Gross) and his streetwise partner (David Marciano) is so genially caricatured that it has charmed audiences on both sides of the border. "I think Canadians like the fact we're offending Americans, and Americans think we're offending Canadians," says creator Paul Haggis. "That's part...
...been a stand-in for everything from San Francisco to Boston. Due South may be set in Chicago, but it too is shot in Toronto. The main problem is keeping Canadian flags out of the background -- and making sure the place is dirty enough. "Sometimes," says star Paul Gross, "they have to truck in garbage for authenticity...