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...airports. But the supposedly untapped funds are actually an accounting figment. Using them would increase the deficit or force greater cuts in other programs. Budget Committee chairman John Kasich and Appropriations chairman Bob Livingston are vehemently opposed. Attempts by Newt Gingrich to reconcile them and Shuster have come to naught. Meanwhile, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan broke with his custom of staying neutral to advise against passage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELTWAY ROBBERY | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

...beef and tears are for naught. Odibei turns toward the spirit world and takes care of everything. With the help of a concoction, she manages to hypnotize Ogwama and has her drink a pot of poison. She dies. Uloko discovers his beloved's lifeless body and sips some of the deadly liquid. He dies...

Author: By Fabian Giraldo, | Title: Melodrama Can't Sink 'Wedlock' | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

Unfortunately, all the hours one group has practiced may be for naught...

Author: By Justin D. Lerer, | Title: Cultural Rhythms Gears Up | 2/22/1996 | See Source »

That vote may yet come to naught. President Clinton has already threatened to veto the bill for other reasons. The American Civil Liberties Union has promised to mount vigorous challenges should the bill become law, and many experts believe the Supreme Court would find such a law unconstitutional. The Congressmen who took a public stand against online indecency may have known that it would not survive a court test. But they had a chance last week to show that they understood how to apply civil rights to new media, and they failed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUZZLING THE INTERNET | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

Feaster's effort would go for naught as Harvard couldn't find the killer instinct it so desperately needed...

Author: By Ed Perez-giz, | Title: W. Cagers Fall, 87-77 | 12/14/1995 | See Source »

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