Word: pete
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that collapsed. (The U.S. Labor Department is suing; so far, Pacific has made good on retirees' pensions; two weeks ago, Maxxam agreed to a $52 million settlement of a suit by shareholders dissatisfied with the takeover of Pacific.) Hurwitz also boosted the rate of old-growth logging; as Congressman Pete Stark, a California Democrat, put it, "looting the forest, meeting monthly interest payments by cutting thousand-year-old trees." Is there a moral issue here? A Maxxam spokesman dismisses the question, saying, "Our position is that sufficient redwoods are protected and that our trees are private property." (Redwood National Park...
...entertainment business, the idea is to end up with at least one pro franchise, plus the cable network to broadcast the games, the stadium with skyboxes and concessions, the movie rights and the foreign rights, and a shopping channel to sell the fan memorabilia. They can put Pete Rose on there eight hours a day signing baseballs while they show film clips of his greatest hits, with a special ceremony when he breaks the record and pens his one millionth autograph...
...health-care plan is lost without the big Chicagoan. That may be overstating it. In the event of his ouster, Florida's Sam Gibbons becomes the acting chairman and would be expected to work with three committee members -- New York's Charles Rangel and California's Robert Matsui and Pete Stark -- to try to usher Rosty's vision through Ways and Means. Clinton no doubt hopes that between them, they are up to Rostenkowski...
...really good momentum going into the meet," said co-captain Pete McConnon, who watched the competition from the sidelines with a stress fracture. "We thrashed North eastern the week before. That really boosted our confidence. People just came in and competed the best I have seen them this year...
...swaying to rock music, Brown wore a suit of banker's blue with a string of Barbara Bush pearls as she uncorked a new campaign that pushed just two messages: a promise of 1 million new jobs and an excoriation of the sitting Governor's record. "You know who Pete Wilson is?" she asked mischievously. "He's George Bush. Without the charisma...