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...budget on their seven-year schedule and to accept the economic projections of the Congressional Budget Office that the Republicans favor. And Republicans have been indicating that much of the tax package may be jettisoned for now, to be taken up again next year. If a deal is struck, the remaining question is which side gets the public credit for the tax handouts. To clinch the advantage, the Republicans have added an appealing twist to their family tax-credit plan: it would be retroactive to the last quarter of 1995. Refund checks for one-fourth of the annual amount...
...strapping 18-year-old named Newt McPherson. They got married on Sept. 12, 1942. The day after the wedding, Kit knew she had made a mistake. She says that one morning when she tried to wake McPherson for work, after he had stayed out drinking the night before, he struck her. She left immediately; the couple broke up within days after the marriage. But Kit was already pregnant. On June 17, 1943, almost nine months to the day after they were married, her baby was born and she named him Newton after her estranged husband...
Before the August recess, Gingrich drilled his troops on how to sell his yet-to-be-unveiled plan to "save Medicare," loading them down with packets full of talking points, charts and graphs. But when work resumed in the fall, the Democrats suddenly rose from the dead and struck back with a lethal message. The Medicare rescue, they charged, was actually just a way to give a tax break to the rich by robbing from the old. Gingrich had known all along that $245 billion in tax cuts over seven years would be hard to explain and easy to attack...
...Tigers were not completely lackluster as they, too, generated some great chances throughout the first period, forcing Tracy to make 10 saves. They finally struck gold, scoring a power-play goal in the final minute of the opening stanza...
...Gilpin struck first win an emphatic dunk from underneath. Lonergan followed that with a driving slam which also drew a foul. He converted the three-point play and Gilpin hit a layup to give the Big Green a 40-29 advantage...