Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While waiting to see a financial consultant on Park Avenue, Dr. Ruth Stoddard Long, 63, a New York ophthalmologist, makes no bones about where she stands. "I'm for it absolutely," she says. "The upper middle class pays a lot of dues. If they get a little break, what's the big deal?" Supporters of the change say lower rates would encourage more investment and spur greater turnover of holdings, thus leading to increased tax revenues. "More people would sell assets, and the U.S. Treasury would collect more taxes," says Stephen Moore, director of fiscal-policy studies at the conservative...
Facing growing and angry pressure from furloughed federal workers, shut-out national park tourists, idled federal contractors and frustrated citizens, President Clinton and top congressional leaders met at week's end to try yet again to bridge the balanced-budget impasse. The debacle has shut down huge portions of the Federal Government for an unprecedented two weeks. Both sides expressed optimism that a compromise could be worked out, but negotiations dragged on into the New Year's weekend...
...accused, this Timothy McVeigh? What kind of person would park a rented truck filled with several thousand pounds of explosives next to a building busy with the early-morning comings and goings of innocent people? Federal investigators and journalists quickly began digging into McVeigh's past, looking for pieces of the appalling Oklahoma City puzzle. Not surprisingly, the fragments did not fit together in a way that would convincingly explain a monstrous deed...
...adjectives. (Clintonian, with 536 citations over 15 years, edged out Reaganesque, with 473). "I've never heard anyone at the center admit defeat," says Chicago bureau chief James Graff, a devoted fan. "Last month we requested information on a drug bust, date unknown, in the Chicago suburb of Hanover Park. The faxes on that arrived Thanksgiving morning...
...other officers elected were Vice President Daniel K. Hwang '98, Secretary Grace M. Lee '99, Education/Political Chair Mina K. Park '98, Cultural Committee Chair S. Anthony Wong '97, Co-Publicity Chairs Paula V. Fernandez '99 and Michelle G. Lee '98 and Co-Social Committee Chairs Edward M. Gong '97 and Shouyee Yung...