Word: movers
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When I came to college I immediately bought a Macintosh. It wasn't quite as easy to set up as promised (this was back when you had to initialize your hard drive and use the Font/DA Mover to install everything) but once the guy down the hall had it up and running, I resolved to learn everything I possibly could...
Such bargains reflect the financial environment of the 1990s, a period in which interest rates are the lowest in decades and the stock market is setting record highs. With inflation and economic growth both down to a crawl, the low cost of borrowing has become the prime mover of the tepid U.S. economic recovery and the key to how Americans save and invest...
...Clinton, however, has been less deferential to Bentsen's policy views. And so the Texan has been less of a prime mover on economic strategy than had been expected. For example, the stress on tax increases over spending reductions in the Administration's deficit-cutting program reflects Clinton's preferences far more than Bentsen's. So far, too, the compromises pushing that program through Congress have been concocted by Capitol Hill powers -- currently Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who succeeded Bentsen as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee -- dealing directly with Clinton...
...Serbia proper." In all, it was a flurry of foreign policy activity that might be expected from a President preparing for another four years in office rather than one beginning his final three weeks. Bush is obviously moving to nail down his place in history as a foreign policy mover and shaker before handing his job over to Bill Clinton. "There's a lot of unfinished business," the President said at one point during his journey. "I would not be telling you the truth if I didn't say I have some regrets about not finishing the course, finishing...
Careful: you are about to be disoriented. Consider, first, the music of 10,000 Maniacs, which is spectral and delicate without a moment of fragility. Then think about the lyrics, which insinuate themselves into the subconscious like a waking dream. And finally, ponder lead singer, key writer and prime mover Natalie Merchant, whose earthbound strength sets up a fascinating friction with the impregnable magic of the music. She's a private writer in a public forum, taking flight into her own memories and fancies. She's -- here's the tough part -- like Willa Cather at a microphone, summoning memories...