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Newt Gingrich kept his promise: the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives capped its first 100 days of power by passing the final bill in its "Contract with America": a five-year, $189 billion corporate- and personal- income-tax cut that Speaker Gingrich called the "crowning jewel" of the party's agenda. Democrats unsuccessfully assaulted the package as a budget-busting giveaway to the rich. The parties' volleys set the front lines for the upcoming battle in the more fiscally conservative Senate, where the fate of the tax cuts-and the rest of the House's nearly unprecedented...
HARVARD is the jewel of Cambridge'sdefense. According to The Crimson, the Buildingand Grounds Department determined that "6470people could be protected in Lowell House, QuincyHouse and Holyoke Center. Basements in the Yard,particularly those of Widener Library, HoughtonLibrary, and Wigglesworth Hall could shelteranother...
Gingrich warmed up the crowd by calling New York City "the crown jewel of America," prompting Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to call him "Dr. Jekyll in New York and Mr. Hyde in Washington...
...from the center of managerial life, a tower of theory without the firmest grounding in practice. HBS also lacked solid financial backing and had a deteriorating infrastructure. McArthur rescued the school from its impending crises and, over a period of 15 years, made it stronger than ever--the idyllic jewel of Harvard's many campuses...
...every Westerner who visits. Australian, British and French ministers have made Hanoi's renovation a personal cause. U.S. Senator John Kerry spent a good portion of a November 1994 visit outlining plans for a ``reconstruction fund'' with the city's chief architect. ``Hanoi is a real asset, an extraordinary jewel,'' says the Massachusetts Democrat, who is pushing for American money and expertise to help preserve Vietnam's capital. ``It is the most remarkable city in Asia...