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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That challenge has got harder for the slim G.O.P. majority in the House, where big ideas can falter on just six votes. Speaker-elect Bob Livingston and his team are promising tax cuts, more money for defense and a new way of bookkeeping that will do away with the accounting trick of using Social Security money to mask budget deficits. Enacting such a bold program while keeping the budget balanced will mean pinching funds that pay for programs to which voters seem attached, such as low-income home-energy assistance and environmental enforcement. Moderates within the G.O.P. are likely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Watts Solution | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...never been more elegant or convenient. It can be cheaper too. This year many of the advances have been incremental, but some have been dazzling. The color screen for the Game Boy, for example, is a nice enhancement to a wildly popular product, but the new breed of slim, 3-lb. notebooks breaks new ground and sets a design standard for computing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1998 Technology Buyer's Guide: Geared To Go | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...songs/I'm probably gonna get sued." The song goes on to say that "I'm just a little tiny fish/That's all I'll ever be," but considering the rather blatant connection between these lyrics and the band's name, the case for modesty is rather slim...

Author: By Ruth A. Murray, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MUSIC JAM | 11/20/1998 | See Source »

McIntyre made two free throws with 29 seconds remaining in the first half to give the Tigers their slim halftime lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tarheels Limp to 65-44 Win, Purdue Boils Ill.-Chicago | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

...Bill McMillan. She'd better be. Her legal fees are climbing toward the $2 million mark, and since the $1 million offered by New York real estate tycoon Abe Hirschfeld was dropped as part of the deal, Paula's chances of climbing out of debt any time soon are slim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Price of Pacifying Paula | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

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