Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...signed my name because I like the idea thatthe houses have their own character, and I thinkrandomization is going to destroy that," saidKatrina B. Barnett '98, who put down Adams,Dunster, Kirkland and Leverett in this year'shousing lottery...
...role as commander of the Imperial Japanese Army, cut Napoleonic figures, riding white horses in splendid military uniforms, but they were also the high priests of State Shinto, donning traditional ceremonial garb and communing with the Sun Goddess in ancient shrines. If the forms were sometimes very old, the idea of the Emperor as the apex of a modern state religion...
...half the Democrats, we will pass the term limits constitutional amendment," Gingrich said. He also predicted that more than 85 percent of GOP lawmakers would vote for it, even though some senior Republicans oppose what Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), who has served since 1975, called a "dumb idea." Republican leadership sources say that roughly 190-200 GOP members and about 40 or 50 Democrats would vote for term limits, far short of the 290 needed to send the bill to the Senate...
...slow Medicare's 10 percent annual growth rate to 7 percent or less, while cutting Medicaid growth from 10 percent to 5 percent. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said a "reasonable cap" on Medicaid growth would be "well below 8 percent" if the program isturned over to the states, an idea being discussed with governors.TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompsonsays the GOP is hoping to slow down the spending by enticing new Medicare and Medicaid patients to enroll in managed care plans...
...Republicans think the alliance is a good idea. Some are worried that in its zeal to pass the contract, the leadership might be snuggling too close to the special interests that the all-important swing voters abhor. If the contract's tax cuts overtly favor corporations and the wealthy, says G.O.P. Representative Steve Schiff of New Mexico, "it will make us a sitting duck for those who argue that our party has capitulated to our [lobbying] allies." Democrats are already making the argument. "The Republicans are too close to business interests," charges Charles Schumer of New York. "That is their...