Word: noted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more in general. The deal passed last week was historic because it balanced the budget for the first time in nearly 30 years, made the biggest tax cut in 16 years and managed both without bloodshed. It was left to sober economists to swat away all that confetti and note that the economy was going to do a lot of that anyway and that the big, important issues--like fixing Social Security and Medicare--had all been quietly tabled...
...Mezer, 23, and Lafi Khalil, 22, both Palestinians carrying Jordanian passports. Did the two have links to the militant Islamic movement? Amid the squalor of their apartment were reportedly a picture of the blind Egyptian cleric convicted of conspiring to blow up New York City landmarks, and a note threatening violence against U.S. and Jewish targets. Khalil was carrying an address book listing the name of a known terrorist. Also found: Abu Mezer's completed application for political asylum in the U.S. on the ground that Israel had falsely accused him of belonging to the fundamentalist group Hamas...
...dividing its duties between the State and Justice departments. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani continues to escalate his feud with the INS over its release of a Palestinian asylum-seeker who last week was charged with plotting a terrorist bombing in Brooklyn. Police sources say evidence includes a note threatening a series of attacks on American and Jewish interests. Meanwhile, Congress is embracing the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform's proposal to abolish the INS, as state officials complain that the agency is unable to keep criminal aliens out of the country. Not surprisingly, the INS is gearing...
Finally, two weeks after Denny Reikert's original note, the beans were spilled. "You were helpful," began the final E-mail message. "You were amused. You were spooked. You were hooked...
...that his 10-member legal team was pursuing an assortment of "solid" outside leads. The computer-company executive, who has spent hundreds of thousands on lawyers and private eyes, is enlisting experts in language forensics and handwriting. They have created a template for comparing writing samples against the ransom note found in the Ramsey home...