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...relief bills with a system of fixed cash subsidies and low-cost, $50-per-crop insurance. Given these benefits, the reasoning went, farmers would be able to tide themselves over rough times without requiring ad hoc handouts. Almost no one thought this theory would be subjected to such a stern test so soon after the bill's passage...
...raised $16 million, up 12% from the same cycle in 1994 (though still far short, as always, of what the Republicans have raked in, about $30 million so far). Put the phone to your ear, and listen to an excerpt of Bob Kerrey dialing for dollars. Kerrey (stern): "Yes, we'll elect a few stinkers, I suppose, but I believe that we'll bring to Washington some people who will use your hard-earned money to help endow the future of this country. And, remember, send your check care of the D.S.C.C...
...minutes were forwarded to administrators, prompting a stern warning written by Witzel in a department newsletter...
...minutes were forwarded to administrators, prompting a stern warning written by Witzel in a department newsletter...
...Dole's part that stern prairie sense of honor, so widely hailed when he stepped down from the Senate two weeks ago, also risks being compromised. Dole has recently seemed so eager to intensify his profile with voters that he has even disavowed his own proposals simply because Clinton accepted them. Five weeks ago, he suggested that he and Clinton should get together to negotiate the budget, then he backed off when the White House accepted. Three weeks ago, he offered separate votes on the minimum wage and the gas tax, and reversed himself as soon as Democrats went along...