Word: lites
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Forbes' vision of America is a more radical one than his charmingly goofy smile might suggest. To Forbes, Newt Gingrich is not a revolutionary but an incrementalist, and the Republican budget is just Tax-and-Spend Lite. His flat tax is also an enormous tax cut that he concedes will raise $40 billion less in revenue than the tax system does now; the group Citizens for Tax Justice, a generally liberal think tank, estimates a 17% flat tax would produce a shortfall of $200 billion. And never mind turning matters back to the states: Forbes...
...vision of government and their faith in its power to do good. Instead of arguing against the elimination of government programs that they once touted as essential, the Democrats simply argue with the Republicans over the relative size of those cuts. The Democrats have turned themselves into a "Republican Lite" party. Do they offer us great taste--or are they just less filling...
...star you could take home to Mom. With her tousled but well-scrubbed blondness, she looks as if she would be at ease in a law office or a pta car pool. Her suburban incandescence is warm, not scalding. Ryan is the low-calorie, '90s incarnation of celebrity: Star Lite...
...George (for George Washington) put it. But the fact that John F. Kennedy Jr. is editor in chief of the upstart publication is not incidental to the incredible 5.7% sign-up rate for the nearly quarter-million potential subscribers contacted-more than twice the industry standard. Even the John-lite mailing (ones with his name inside but not on the envelope) got a 5.1% response...
...looks, unconventional style and a refreshing seriousness about their craft. They typically work with edgy directors in an impressive variety of roles. On screen and off, they convey a beguiling intensity and even a fondness for books. They are a fine lager next to the Brat Pack's Bud Lite...