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...millions of Americans may be ready to switch from impulse buying to panic saving, driven in part by fear of layoffs. That turnabout would be rich in irony. After years of being exhorted to save money and reduce debt, consumers who finally do that are likely to find their newfound thrift hobbling the recovery...
...that life under Yeltsin has been particularly good for his newfound fans. Some in the Perovsky district cannot make ends meet on the salaries they earn at state-run hospitals or research institutes. Most are concerned that their life savings will be devoured by hyperinflation and do not know what to do with the fancy new vouchers the government gave them to help privatize the economy. But they were beginning to believe better times lay ahead. Now they fear that without Yeltsin as President, the suffering will start over again. Their consensus on the Congress: Throw the bums...
Those words reflect the arrogance of newfound power, and they are not the only example displayed by the Clinton Administration. Moynihan is a consummate gentleman, and he is eager to help. In that spirit he privately counseled Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala (whom he has known for years) before her confirmation hearings: "We told her the committee wanted to hear about welfare and Social Security. All we got was a few sentences. It was kind of incredible." And it became a bit ugly -- in the senatorial sense, that is. Shalala told the committee that the Children's Defense...
...Anita Hill welcomed two new committee members, Carol Moseley-Braun and Dianne Feinstein, who owed their election in some measure to her. Here sat some of the same members who had been lambasted for their handling of Hill, eager for the chance to display their elaborate courtesy and newfound sensitivity. Here was Hill's chief tormentor, Orrin Hatch, praising Baird's competence, her record as a corporate lawyer, knowing full well that for his conservative purposes Baird was the best candidate he could hope for, and if he saved her job she owed...
Baez also played plenty of old favorites with newfound verve, including her chart-topping hit "Diamonds and Rust" and her joyous ode to life, "Gracias a la Vida." She had the audience clapping and joining in the chorus of "The Night Old Dixie Came To Town...