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...criticized both President Clinton and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, the former for his overall economic plan and the latter for failing to explain his plan, and his call for an across-the-board 15 percent tax cut, in more detail...
...quick look in any phone book under churches should be enough to figure this out. If every Christian--or even most Christians--could agree on a depiction of the religion or even it's main themes, there would not be so many radically different denominations. The Church of Latter-Day Saints (also called the Mormon church), is classified as Christian. So are the Roman Catholics, the Coptic Christians and the Christian Scientists, not to mention the Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Baptists, Nazarenes, Lutherans...the list could take the rest of this column. Even within denominations, there are ongoing struggles about some...
...office and brought back the "moderate" wing of the former communists, now called Socialists, who promised economic reforms. But on a visit to Budapest this past summer, all I heard were complaints: the gap between rich and poor was widening, and most people felt closer to the latter than the former. One woman in her forties, who works for a new "capitalist" enterprise, told me: "I come from a working-class family. Before 1989, my parents and I could count on several weeks' vacation each year. These days, there are no vacations for any of us." She didn't hesitate...
...than $2,000 a candidate, and political-action committees are restricted to $5,000. But there are no limits on what they can spend as long as they don't coordinate with the campaign or their message stops short of saying "Vote for Candidate X." The scandal in the latter case is that they come as close to saying it as they can get away with. They simply invite viewers to phone Candidate X's opponent and complain about his positions...
...Sunday, Sept. 29, when a group of about 10 students arrived at 124 Mount Auburn St. for a job training session. The door to the lobby was locked and a sign instructed us to use another entrance or to call the security office. Some of us students chose the latter option, and we were shortly buzzed into the lobby...