Word: investments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When speaking in the Clintonic mood, apparent contradictions engender no semantic difficulties. For example, Clinton the candidate made a point of saying his administration would "invest more in America," "cut the deficit in half by 1994" and deliver a "middle class tax break...
...major themes of his Administration -- above all, change. Generational change: the 46-year-old Clinton paid a graceful tribute to the generation of his 68-year- old predecessor and summoned his fellow baby boomers less to take over than to assume "new responsibilities." Change in priorities: "We must invest more . . . and at the same time cut our massive debt." Change in government atmosphere: Washington, now "a place of intrigue and calculation," must be reformed, "so that power and privilege no longer shout down the voice of the people." Finally, some meaningful change in rhetoric. Said Clinton: "It is time...
...months after she launched the first Body Shop, Anita decided to open a second store in Chichester. She asked her bank for an $8,000 loan but got turned down. Then a friend introduced her to a local gas-station owner named Ian McGlinn, who was prepared to invest the full amount in return for a half share in the business. Anita wrote Gordon for advice, but by the time his reply reached England, urging her not to sign over half the business, the deal had been struck. McGlinn's $8,000 investment has since grown to more than...
...must do what no generation has had to dobefore. We must invest more in our own people andin our future, and at the same time cut ourmassive debt. And we must do so in a world inwhich we must compete for every opportunity...
...DEAL GONE THROUGH, AIR TRAVELERS could have flown from St. Louis to Nairobi with a single check-in and minimal airport delays. But British Airways withdrew its plan to invest $750 million in struggling USAir after U.S. Transportation Secretary Andrew Card vowed to reject the arrangement. Card balked at the partnership, which would have plugged USAir flights into British Airways' globe-spanning route map, after Britain refused to give U.S. carriers expanded use of London's Heathrow Airport...