Word: rabid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Barr, one of the President's most rabid critics, has been calling for Bill Clinton's impeachment or resignation practically since he stepped into office. Are we now to believe that he has suddenly become a judicious and wise representative who is actually going to consider all of the facts and vote with an open mind? Or did Bob Barr lie to us when he said that he hasn't made up his mind...
...When it does go public, the new entity will offer 20 percent of itself, a slice plenty small enough to keep investors rabid and demand high. No word yet on the price. For the parent Barnes & Noble, though, the jettison is already paying off. Upon hearing the announcement, investors promptly bid the company's stock up $4 to $41.25 in morning trading...
...President, I will disregard your political power," he bellows. "If education were a war, you would be losing it." Dole says he is not talking "to the teachers, but to the unions," but it doesn't matter. Democrats seize on Dole's screed and cast him as a rabid teacher hater, an enemy of education. The two largest teachers' unions pour more millions into the Democrats' campaign war chest. President Clinton vows that he, at least, will stand by America's teachers. You remember the rest...
...American League's Central Division this year and have become mainstays in post-season play. Cashing in on that success, the club's controlling shareholder, Cleveland investor Richard E. Jacobs, sold 4 million shares at $15 each to raise $60 million. One hopes his many new partners are rabid baseball fans with no economic need for the stock actually to rise. Because...
...Cleveland Indians have sold out every home game for three years in a wonderful new ballpark, and are postseason mainstays. Yet the baseball team is only marginally profitable. This week, with no place to go but down, the club will offer stock to the public for $15 a share. Rabid fans may want the stock, but others should take a pass...