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...with my captors," Anderson said. But he admitted with a laugh that there were times when he "wouldn't have cared if they used an H-bomb to get me out of there." Sutherland also applauded the U.S. policy, stating, "I didn't want those guys to get a nickel...
...universal health care at the top of his agenda. While Nebraska's Bob Kerrey proposes a comprehensive plan that would require substantial new taxes, others, including Bill Clinton and Tom Harkin, are fashioning less costly approaches that emphasize preventive care. Says Harkin: "We don't have to spend a nickel more. We just have to spend it smarter." Congressional Republicans, sensing that the White House is moving too slowly on the issue, offered their own plan earlier this month to provide basic care for uninsured Americans...
...recollections date back to around age 4 or 5. Before that, they believe, the mind holds at best primitive pictures but no coherent memory. "Under a year, a child doesn't have the mental structure to understand how events hang together," says Neisser. "I wouldn't give you a nickel for memory in the first year of life...
...Long Time. On the screen, black-and-white photos dissolve one into another: soldiers coming home, couples embracing, homey shots from Main Street. "In the autumn of 1945," a female narrator intones, "America was invincible. The countertops at the soda fountain were still made of marble. Sodas cost a nickel. And Coke -- well, it only meant cola...
Given the current low prices, a House committee figured it would not be unduly burdensome to ask drivers for an extra nickel a gallon in federal gasoline taxes to help rebuild America's deteriorating roads and bridges. Wrong. When the committee approved the 5 cents increase last week, the Bush Administration vowed to block...