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...fireman pointing a hose at a smoldering house, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan indicated Thursday morning that he will continue trying to cool off the economy before it bursts into flames. Making his biannual Humphrey Hawkins report to Congress, Greenspan again delivered the familiar sugar - the U.S. economic juggernaut is plowing on with no slowdown in sight - and then the medicine: This prosperity has to be kept at a steady pace. Financial analysts take this to mean that a substantial hike in the Fed's lending rates is in order...
When one of the best defensive teams in the country squares off against an offensive juggernaut, anything can happen...
Through the early months of 1994, the Lindner lobbying juggernaut concentrated on building congressional support to pressure the Clinton Administration into action. From January to August, lawmakers of both parties bombarded Clinton and Kantor with letters demanding action...
...least for now. Over the past two weeks, the rebels' hit-and-run tactics have managed to check the Russians' juggernaut offensive, inflicting politically humiliating attacks on Russia's superior forces and politically damaging body counts. Even if Russia has regained control of the battlefield, the guerrillas have melted away to plot new surprises. Acting President Vladimir Putin's confident prediction of imminent victory--and his triumphal glide to the presidency in March--is slipping toward the Chechen quagmire...
...dowry is not only Time Warner's news-and-entertainment empire, but also its cable television infrastructure, which will prove invaluable if the Virginia-based juggernaut is to dominate the next, broadband phase of Internet development as comprehensively as it has ruled the current era. "Time Warner's cable distribution system is unmatched," says Saporito. "And now those fat pipes are going to be pumping...