Word: mentionings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since the U.S. economy remains basically strong, Treasury officials say the rising yen is Tokyo's issue. And they've convinced Japan's major trading partners of that, not to mention the government of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Everyone, that is, except Masaru Hayami, chief of Japan's central bank, who late last month got into a public spat with Tokyo's powerful Ministry of Finance because the Bank of Japan refuses to lower interest rates or print money to bring the yen back to earth...
...BUZZ: This play is not only the first Shepard play to be done at Harvard in at least three to four years, but it is also a city-wide Boston premiere of Simpatico. Sam Shepard has won enough drama awards, not to mention a Pulitzer, to make his return to Harvard something to be excited about...
Fish made a point of mentioning the leadership of this year's co-captains, John Doran and Joe Green. Green has had to lead the team the past two weeks, however, as Doran was recovering from patella tendonitis. Fish expects him to play, but wouldn't mention in what capacity...
...that cell phone use near fuel pumps at its U.S. gas stations will now be verboten. "This is not a ban - this is a precautionary warning," she explained, pointing to the very slim possibility that a malfunctioning cell phone could generate sparks and cause an entire station - not to mention the offending gabber - to go kerblooey...
...This is a familiar dance," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "And Clinton, like so many times before, is backing a viewpoint that?s very easy for him to demagogue." Not to mention that it?s pre-election maneuvering time - and voters are hopping mad at the HMOs. Will Clinton?s tune soothe the savage congressional beast? It might ?- after all, it was fear of getting outmaneuvered again by Clinton that pushed Speaker Hastert into his compromise effort. But Denny really can?t win either way. Give in, and it?s the leadership left holding the bag while Democrats declare...