Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pigs. On the wall: the seasons, the months, the days, in both Spanish and English. In a mock interview, teacher Marina Williams asks Fabiola, a gap-toothed charmer, "Senora Presidente, what should children do in school?" Fabiola shoots back, "Aprender ingles!"--learn English. But one small boy has another idea: "Bailar!"--dance. The teacher takes the hint, winding up the day with a session of "la quebradita," a sort of Mexican jitterbug...
...Economic Advisers. "Get the President to call Bob Dole--fast!" he urged. Moynihan, who was shopping around a dramatic proposal, had just witnessed a rare moment in Washington--the possibility of bipartisan, let's-jump-off-together risk taking. Senate majority leader Dole had mumbled something positive about the idea; if the White House, too, gave it a nod, the seemingly intractable deadlock over how best to balance the federal budget could be broken; sharp cuts in Medicare and Medicaid would be avoided; and both Republicans and Democrats might get away with milking large amounts of cash from the most...
...Index, or CPI. By simply subtracting a single percentage point from the index published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Moynihan declared, the Treasury would save $634 billion over the next 10 years, partly in reduced cost of living adjustments to people who collect entitlement checks. Moynihan's idea, in various forms, has long been bandied about by economists. But now it has caught the attention of both Democrats and Republicans. Both sides are heading for the Great Standoff of 1995 over the budget, with Republicans threatening to block an increase in the federal debt ceiling if the White...
...from his house to Nicole's, commit the murders and return home for the limo that would take him to the airport. The defense presented witnesses--some less credible than others--who said that at 10:15 all was well around Nicole's house. Clark ridiculed the idea that so many witnesses could have been in the same vicinity at the same time without being aware of one another...
...When the Shops By Harvard Yard were conceived, the idea was to create a place where all types of people could gather and shop," she said. "I fear that Harvard Real Estate has lost its sparkle in being able to reach a wide market...