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...myriad strategic decisions made in both presidential candidates' camps, two did more than any others to shape the race. Bob Dole's 15% tax cut turned out to be a turkey; voters never came to believe he could give them a break and balance the budget. Bill Clinton's signature on a Republican-drafted welfare-reform bill, over the anguished screams of party liberals, turned out to be so popular that the President bragged about it over and over to enthusiastic crowds in Florida last week...
...Slowly at first, the anxiety began to take on a shape that could be sensed if not exactly foreseen. On all the world's stock exchanges, prices had leaped up too far, too fast, to be sustained. The mood in the markets shifted from fantasy about instant wealth to nervousness about an inevitable 'correction' (a wonderful euphemism). By Monday morning the concern was no longer vague but had taken on physical form--piles of papers littering brokers' desks, each representing a hastily scribbled order to sell stock; rows of numbers flashing on computer screens, bringing news of alarming price breaks...
...Proposition 187 to spawn continued support of its message in its brief and tumultuous life, most recently in the form of the affirmative action debate in both Texas and California, and in a more national sense, in terms of the passive acceptance of Proposition 187's ideals in the shape of California Governor Pete Wilson's failed presidential bid. It is not that Proposition 187's ideals are being glorified, but that the eerie silence with which it is being met can only spell more trouble in the coming years for Latinos in this country. What must be done, especially...
...that Ink wasn't there out of the box is not atypical." What is atypical is the spotlight the show is under--as one of CBS's most highly touted fall series and a high-profile vehicle for two very expensive stars. At least now the vehicle seems in shape for the long haul...
...Everything's cleaned up. We're in good shape," said David Simms, Winthrop House superintendent...