Word: ralph
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...over budget, as are most towns," said Ralph E. Dunphy, the city's commissioner of public works. "There are a number of things the city does to fund snow removal, and there are always emergency appropriations...
...forces freely admit that theirs is a coalition of convenience. "Our primary goal is no-fault auto insurance," says Johnson, but he defends the other propositions as well--never mind that the stockholders' initiative is sometimes called "the swindlers' protection act,'' or that Ralph Nader himself is on the No side...
...these reasons, many consumer and health groups--including the American Public Health Association, the National Women's Health Network, the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Ralph Nader's Center for Science in the Public Interest have come out against approval. Despite scores of clinical trials in animals and humans and hundreds of thousands of pages of studies, they argue that no one can be certain that olestra won't be a danger to public health. Besides, says Michael Jacobson, cspi's executive director, "we don't need olestra potato chips. It's crazy to add a substance to the food...
...HAMLET Out on the edges, in the supporting cast, one could quibble with this Broadway import from London. But who wanted to carp when Ralph Fiennes stood so commandingly at center stage, embodying a "sweet prince" of roiling depths and racing intelligence...
...nest egg. Also unaccounted for were the savings of more than 180 of his colleagues at International Technical Services, a firm in Melville, New York, that hires engineers and places them on jobs at companies around the country. Since then the Labor Department has brought a civil complaint accusing Ralph Corace, the former owner of the company, of looting some $3 million from the 401(k) funds. "You can't trust anyone these days," says Wynn. "I feel very betrayed...