Word: idea
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...arguments and questions from each side, and no witness will appear unless a majority of the Senators agree to call him--or her. In preserving Senate comity, they dealt a blow to both sides: to Henry Hyde and the House managers, who had been bucking all week at the idea that they might not be able to prosecute their case down to the last cigar, and to the White House, which was still holding out for a day pass...
...good story, but Elizabeth Hanford Dole, 62, has never done business that way. She and her advisers have been thinking about her running for President since her husband was trounced by Bill Clinton two years ago. By Christmas 1996, Bob Dole was joking about the idea publicly, but a year ago, he says, she told him, "You have to stop kidding about this." She discussed the matter with him seriously, anxious to be sure he had put the defeat behind him emotionally. By last January aides were clucking over polls showing that she might pull independent women voters back...
...think it's a great idea," Rollert says. "To me, an elemental part of any liberal arts education is exploring different areas of study. As it stands now in a lot of concentrations, that is not a lot of choice you have...
...idea of extending existing copyrights to ageneration of producers who are dead isfar-fetched," he added...
...nation of non-savers to put away enough for retirement and take the load off Social Security? Senator William Roth (R-Del.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, believes he knows a good idea when he sees one: his own. Roth is proposing to take his popular Roth IRA idea and graft it onto employee 401(k) plans. The central feature of the proposal would be to make the earnings on contributions in 401(k) plans tax-free when they are distributed at retirement, much like the Roth IRA. "Obviously, any attempt to increase savings would be helpful to both...