Word: recessions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON: While the cat's away . . . With Congress safely on vacation pounding home-state pavements, President Clinton has hit upon a way to finally get one of his nominations past the Republicans: do it himself. A Presidential "recess appointment" would allow Bill Lan Lee to occupy the federal government's top civil rights job of assistant attorney general until 1998, the end of the current term, but would have one side effect: getting up a lot of Congressional back...
Some spend spring recess parked in front of the TV at home or soaking up sun on sunny beaches. Those eager to try on a possible career try the Radcliffe Externship Program...
...20th year, the program pairs about 50 female students with women in various fields. It is similar to the Harvard Career Internship program also held during spring recess, except that it includes only women externs and senior partners. Radcliffe externs also stay in the homes of their hosts rather than on their own, as in the Harvard program...
Rosanna A. Orfield '98 spent spring recess last year with Messinger at the heart of New York politics, attending staff meetings, briefings and gala events...
...Fred Thompson loves his indignation. And every time he was out-indignation-ed, by Glenn and by Ickes, the chairman simply declared another recess. Bear in mind, therefore, that all we have seen so far is the opening volleys. This battle should really start percolating Wednesday...