Word: rolled
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...mail-order houses routinely duplicate that last offer. But by the time a written demurral is processed, consumers may find that their names have cropped up on several new lists. One much needed reform would be for direct mailers to provide adequate time for customer-deletion requests to roll in before rental lists roll...
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Fear of an economic recession and painful cuts in services dissuaded voters from approving draconian cuts in present tax levels. In California, Montana, Nebraska, Colorado and Utah, they rejected initiatives that would limit spending or roll back taxes. A similar measure in Massachusetts would have cut the state budget by 8% by reducing fees to 1988 levels. The proposal was supported by the Republican candidate, William Weld, and opposed by Democrat John Silber, who warned of a "meltdown" of the state economy. In the end voters accepted Weld -- and rejected his tax rollback...
This week Mexicans will be watching carefully as the returns roll in from municipal and legislative elections held Nov. 11 in the state of Mexico. There is widespread skepticism that the Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.), which has governed the country for 60 years, will permit a fair count in the state, where it lost in 1988. The party's reputation is not helped by the fact that two P.R.I. victories last year in the central states of Guerrero and Michoacan provoked opposition charges of ballot rigging and resulted in violent clashes between police and demonstrators...
...single right way to do things," says Chris Osgood, who once played guitar with a lively outfit called the Suicide Commandos and now heads the Minnesota Music Academy, which offers free business assistance to local musicians. "But the Minneapolis sound is really Prince -- some parts straight-ahead rock 'n' roll mixed in with rhythm-and-blues sensibility...