Word: passes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton Blows Smoke The President is pushing Congress to deliver the tobacco settlement. But he wins biggest if it doesn't pass...
...small, soft plastic football. The run was about 150 ft. wide at the top and well-groomed but quickly narrowed as the trees closed in on either side. After the first goal Michael handed the camera off to a friend. "He skis off, he turns around to get a pass, he slams into a tree head first, he falls down unconscious," reports Hay, who says he was a few feet away. He heard someone say into a walkie-talkie, "Max, Max, it's an emergency! Ski patrol, ski patrol, it's an emergency!" A friend groped for a pulse...
Treasury and IMF officials worked through the next day to finish the aid package. The IMF would lend Seoul $2 billion, while the U.S., Japan, Germany and other nations kicked in an additional $8 billion in loans. In exchange, the Koreans would pass new laws opening their financial markets to foreigners, close insolvent banks and supervise others. As the deal came together, Treasury officials discussed the impact of a bailout on the Korean and American labor unions, fearing some of Labor's backers in the Democratic Party would balk at bailing out either Wall Street or the protectionist Korean workers...
...keep their part of the bargain is unclear. The legislature in Seoul rushed through a host of reforms last week but balked at a bill that would have made it easier to implement layoffs and restructuring at the large chaebols. No wonder: last January, when the parliament tried to pass a similar measure, Korean workers staged a general strike that paralyzed the country for more than three weeks...
...m.p.h. sluggard in the fast lane. She flashes her headlights. The kids cheer when the unlucky target gives in and moves aside. Back in town, Anne specializes in near misses. "Jeez, I almost hit that woman," she chirps, swinging the Suburban into the right lane to pass a car turning left at an intersection. She makes the game two minutes late. "I don't think I'm an aggressive driver," Anne says. "But there are a lot of bad drivers out there...