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...that GOP reform plans would gut the federal school lunch program. At the GOP rally, Speaker Newt Gingrich warned beaming supporters that the going is getting tougher: the remaining "Contract" provisions, which include welfare reform, term limits, tax relief, eliminating affirmative action laws and reforming the legal system, will spark heated congressional battles. On the House floor, Republicans pushed through a $3.2 billion defense spending increase coupled with $1.4 billion in cuts to numerous programs including job training. A close Senate vote on the GOP balanced budget amendment to the Constitution is expected next week...
...dwindling authority on the military offensive. As a Mexico expert in Washington put it, ``If Zedillo's military plan works quickly, fine. Markets will be happy, and everyone can get on with business.'' But if Zedillo is wrong about the narrow base of support for the Zapatistas, he might spark a guerrilla war lasting for years. And further gore a presidency that has more than five long years...
...Crimson this weekend and pretty much every game for the rest of the season is to find some offensive spark. Harvard really hasn't blown any ECAC team out this year (save a 5-1 victory over Union, in which Harvard scored four first-period goals...
...Applicants who do well show a certain degree of spark," says Kramer. "Who do you want taking care of your grandmother? You want someone very smart, ready to grasp complex scientific situations and explain them simply to a patient...
...spark of the Dave Matthews Band was especially welcome after the set by Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the first part of the double bill at the Orpheum. I was looking for ward to hearing these veterans of the neo - hippie H.O.R.D.E. Festival, but the blues-rock trio paled in comparison to Dave Matthews. They seemed like an average bar band that was lucky to be playing such a big venue...