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...Facts. Matthew, originally from Columbus, Ga., lives in Adams House and is a biochemistry concentrator. Sarah, from Mount Pleasant, Mich., also lived in Adams House and concentrated in Slavic Languages and Literatures. She has been working in Cambridge for the past year. They will be married Sept. 9 in a Methodist church in Mount Pleasant. They plan to honeymoon somewhere quiet and free of tourists--perhaps, they say, some small islands off North Carolina...
...enough to quell inflationary pressures resulting from torrid growth and rising wages. He pulled it off with a series of rate increases in 1994. Still, economic engineering is inexact. The risk is that he'll overstep, slowing things to the point where consumers disappear, corporate profits tumble and layoffs mount. It's a legitimate fear voiced by a growing number of Greenspan detractors...
...happen," says Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico. "I believe, based on common sense, that somebody made a mistake. At first blush, it seems it was the worst of times for a controlled burn." A General Accounting Office investigation is under way. Insurance claims and lawsuits are expected to mount...
...announced that Minnesota Governor JESSE VENTURA had signed over the rights to his life story to be adapted for a Broadway musical, tentatively titled The Body Ventura. The idea was hatched by Pierre Cossette, who produced The Will Rogers Follies and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Cossette plans to mount the production within 18 months, and has spoken with Baywatch star David Hasselhoff about the lead role. "I need a big guy who can sing," Cossette says. He hopes wrestling will serve as the basis for the most rousing production numbers: "You get four big wrestler types, beautiful girls...
...this come about? The credit-card industry seized on a sharp increase in bankruptcy filings in 1996 and 1997 to mount an intensive lobbying campaign for legislation that would make it easier to collect from borrowers who file for bankruptcy. A sophisticated public-relations blitz created the image of a bankruptcy system rife with abuse and in need of reform. That campaign told of rich people walking away from their debts, courtesy of bankruptcy court. It told of responsible families who paid their bills being forced to pick up the costs of more affluent Americans and others who were bilking...