Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although he made a stab at reviving the mass demonstrations of yesteryear, Draskovic puts little faith in them now. First, most rallies and marches have gathered fewer people than organizers hoped. Second, even if the turnouts were huge, marchers in the streets would be unlikely to force Milosevic out as long as the police and military remain loyal to him. That's what makes Draskovic potentially such an important player: if public pressure isn't going to push Milosevic out, it may take a palace coup. Draskovic's history suggests he could be the one holding the knife...
...creative affairs to pay much attention to the books. "It's not humanly possible that someone as involved as I was in the production of shows, the creation of new shows, the marketing of shows, the building and restoration of theaters, would have any time left to micromanage a huge and complex accounting system," he says. "To suggest anything to the contrary would indicate either ignorance or that somebody was lying...
...trillion-dollar windfall really be a problem? For nearly two decades, the U.S. wrestled with huge budget deficits that burdened the economy. But now that Washington projects a $1 trillion budget surplus over the next 10 years, the delightful news has mainly become a cause for pitched partisan wrangling...
...from the shrieking produced last week as the Republican-run House rammed through a measure to chop taxes by $792 billion over the next decade. President Clinton called that irresponsible behavior, fiscally speaking, and espoused a much smaller, $250 billion tax cut. Then he angrily vowed to veto the huge reduction...
...starters, many economists doubt that huge tax cuts make sense at a time when the U.S. economy is running flat out after nearly nine years of expansion. Slashing taxes now "seems a little odd," says Cynthia Latta, principal U.S. economist for Standard & Poor's DRI. "Its support comes from the assumption that if [the surplus] is not handed back to taxpayers, the government will just use it for more programs." Latta's fellow critics include Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who warned last week that "the timing is not right" for the House measure, which calls for a 10% across...