Word: indexes
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...deal. Agreement was close enough last week that a secret rendezvous was arranged between White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, House Budget Committee chairman John Kasich and Speaker Newt Gingrich to discuss a final sticking point: whether it was possible to legislate a change in the Consumer Price Index, freeing up billions of extra dollars to pay for G.O.P. tax cuts and Democratic spending programs. Kasich and Bowles argued in favor, with Bowles suggesting that President Clinton's support would neutralize criticism from liberal Democrats, unions and senior citizens, for whom a CPI change would mean smaller annual increases...
Altavista (at www.altavista.com) is powered by a computer that creates an index of over 31 million pages which is continuously updated, and I have found that it works best for specific information--song lyrics, for example...
...will be all the worse for Gore if the ultimate budget deal involves fiddling with the Consumer Price Index, an option Clinton took off the table under sharp criticism from Gephardt. The worthy policy--cutting the government's official inflation measure--would leave candidate Gore with a lot of explaining to do to the elderly facing smaller Social Security increases...
...color from my roommate's extensive supply. Years of practice in literary analysis twisted what should have been an innocent if bizarre cosmetic exercise into a whole new method of communication. Each tint, already named something fluffy and marketable by the manufacturer, also had a deeper significance. My left index finger was "Fuschia Pastel," which would be better described as "Daddy's Girl Pink." My right thumb was a bright "Crushed Cranberry," which really means "Fornicate-With-Me Red." My right index finger was "Cabernet," a dark crimson that screamed "Pseudo-Gothic." My left middle finger was a violent dark...
Will the bug industry succeed? Last month the American Stock Exchange let investors hedge their hunches. It began trading futures options based on the 18-stock De Jager Year 2000 Index, made up of companies such as giant Dun & Bradstreet and smaller outfits like Data Dimensions and Viasoft that are racing to devise solutions. The options represent bundles of stocks in the index, named after the computer consulting firm De Jager & Co., which took a lead in addressing the 2000 issue. If these companies can't find a solution before the millennium, a new breed of speculators--call them bugbears...