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...trickiest business in either house could be dealing with the contract's promised tax cuts, which Gingrich hopes to have approved in the House by the end of April. First, Gingrich will have to confront hordes of tax lawyers and lobbyists awakened to the exhilarating smell of a major tax bill brewing. With no new spending programs in the works, the tax bill will be the only game in town for those who make their millions winning special breaks for special interests. Even if Gingrich uses the formidable power of the Speaker's office to assure that a coherent piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man with a Vision | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

...real gathering place. The food was terrific. You could smell someone who came out of Elsie's from a mile away," the dean said. "My favorite was the roast beef special. It had a spectacular dressing...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Landmark Elsie's Sandwich Shop Closes | 1/6/1995 | See Source »

...them the right to bear arms. Patriots were particularly enraged when Congress passed a crime bill last August that banned assault weapons. Complains Henry McClain, the leader of another Florida militia unit: "The Federal Government has taken it upon themselves to regulate everything you can think or touch or smell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patriot Games | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...club members have found their dream dates: chickens. And perhaps they're the only females who could really tolerate the smell of being up-close-and-personal to a real, live final club member...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOWL FINAL CLUBS | 12/10/1994 | See Source »

...smell of blood in the air has encouraged some Republicans to challenge the President even on an issue that their party has long supported. Clinton faces real trouble next week in the Senate, when the lame-duck Democratic Congress convenes to take up GATT. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is the laboriously crafted 123-nation agreement designed to lower tariff barriers. In his threatening letter demanding a delay of the vote, Senator Helms, who can make "free trade" sound like some weird practice he once saw in a Mapplethorpe photo, was trying to exploit the fact that Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Revolution | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

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