Word: riche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that their freedoms, their very being, will be jeopardized if they do not vote Smith in and Jones out. Once convinced, these folks in effect become the NRA in the shadows. They are the defense-oriented "little guys" of the American people, beset by Big Government, big laws and rich liberals who want to take away the only power they have...
...family carried it on. Nancy is the foundation's CEO, brother Robert is president, and three DeMoss children are directors. Nancy plays host at evangelizing dinners for the rich and powerful at her houses in Florida and Manhattan (one invitee estimated the events' cost at $80,000 each). Privately, she contributed $70,000 to Newt Gingrich's political-action committee, GOPAC. A daughter, Deborah, worked for Senator Jesse Helms as a Foreign Relations Committee aide, specializing in the right-wing Latin American parties Helms favored in the 1980s. (She has since left the foundation board.) Mark, a board member, worked...
...amount of trans-fatty acids was well below 0.2%. This means peanut butter would classify as a trans-fat-free food. The majority of fats in peanuts and peanut butter are heart-healthy mono- and polyunsaturated fats. Also, a study at Penn State found that a diet rich in peanuts and peanut butter significantly lowers total and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. In addition, large population studies now show that eating peanuts, other nuts and peanut butter five or more times a week can cut the risk of heart disease as much as 50%. JEFF JOHNSON, PRESIDENT Peanut Institute Albany...
...taxes, would have gotten 33 percent of the tax breaks. Now they?re getting 21 percent. Roth had the top 20 percent of incomes, who pay two-thirds of the taxes, slated for 66 percent; now they?re getting 79 percent of the breaks. Yes, Denny Hastert, the rich pay more taxes than the rest of us. That?s because they?ve got more money...
...recess to make their case. TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan says each side will be preaching to the choir. "Democrats will make the argument that?s been successful with their base thus far -- Clinton is saving Medicare and paying down the debt, and Republicans are merely helping the rich." They?ve got a point: According to the Treasury Department, the middle 60 percent of American families would have gotten 33 percent of the tax breaks under the original Senate plan ?- not a lot to begin with -- but only 21 percent of the cuts in the final bill...