Word: higher
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...attributes to more efficient tax collection ? happened to coincide, as good news usually does, with decisions by the IMF and other creditors to extend a little leeway on debt repayment. "Different ministries are already quarreling about how real the surplus is because the budget was calculated at a much higher ruble-to-dollar rate," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "There certainly are some strong economic indicators on the positive side ? exports are up, imports are down and industrial output is increasing. But the improvement in government revenues is mostly due to a rise in oil export earnings and tighter...
...After its passage this week, the bill should land on President Clinton?s desk sometime in September, at which point either it?s going to get a lot smaller ? Clinton?s stated upper limit is $300 billion, but he?ll go higher in a pinch -- or it?s going to disappear completely. And by way of pre-negotiation negotiation, both sides will be insisting all month that that?s OK with them. "Sometimes inaction is better than wrong action," said Trent Lott on Tuesday, sounding just like White House wonk Gene Sperling did on Sunday. If no deal gets done...
...bottled-water pure as it once was, but it's more real now, breaking on the high notes, letting emotion spill out. She belted out her hits, of course--I Will Always Love You, You Give Good Love--but also soared through a gospel medley that took the crowd higher than mere pop and confirmed her status as one of today's most accomplished live entertainers...
...clearer the vision, the deeper the passion, the higher the level of achievement. This could be a manifesto for DAVID OGILVY's remarkable life. I met him in Venice, Italy, in 1986. I was stunned to find out that he knew who I was and what I had done. As we parted he said, "Pat, you have it in your heart. I can tell. But unless you're ready to fight for what you believe in, it won't matter." Today I hear those words often, always in his voice. David Ogilvy was far more than a Hall of Fame...
They carry Harvard football, Record Hospital and the ever-popular reading period "orgies." But WHRB-FM (95.3) may soon start airing a show that has a much higher-profile...