Word: happened
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...happen that one of the decade's most ambitious pieces of legislation, which had so defied the odds that it seemed on the brink of passing, could have died so suddenly last week? McCain's landmark tobacco bill would have raised at least $516 billion over the next 25 years from higher cigarette taxes while increasing regulation, capping liability and fighting teen smoking. President Clinton was staking the finale of his presidency on moving the bill--not to mention the $65.5 billion worth of education and health programs in his budget that were pegged to new revenues. A majority...
...standards, they're woefully short," says a White House official. What is distorting the picture is the tendency of some activists to narrow the focus to the most sensational charges, like forced abortions. Human-rights experts in and out of government have found some anecdotal evidence that these abuses happen but no proof that the government promotes them...
...says, beaming at the notion that Smoke Signals could do for his people what Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It did for African Americans. "Spike didn't necessarily get films made as much as he inspired filmmakers to believe in themselves. That's what's going to happen here. These 13-year-old Indian kids who've been going crazy with their camcorders will finally see the possibilities...
...stimulus package" mode, not "major restructuring" mode. As one young Japanese entrepreneur told me, if the trade negotiators craft a plan wherein no one is required to take responsibility for the flaws in the Japanese economic structure, "we'll do it." Otherwise, it is likely that nothing much will happen in terms of change...
...take your PC from three wheels to four? Installing a new operating system can be a ghastly experience. Some of you will remember upgrading from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 and watching in horror as your computer froze during the installation. That shouldn't happen with Windows 98. Microsoft has done more homework this time, and has learned that machines are less likely to crash during installation if hardware configuration occurs after booting up the newly installed operating system rather than before. Likewise, your participation--mostly answering yes to a series of prompts--is required for only the first...