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What will Excelsior mean? It means that America's Sunbelt retirees will be able to shower, flush toilets and have lush, green lawns for decades to come...
...fight between competing regions. Its chief aim is to transform welfare from an entitlement -- that is, a program in which Washington gives states enough money to pay benefits to everyone who is eligible -- to one where funding is handed out in block grants of fixed sums. But as Sunbelt Senators contemplate dividing up an annual $16.8 billion in welfare funding from Washington during the next five years, they are worried that the current formulas will shortchange their fast-growing states...
...mole hunters drew closer to their target, Jeanne Vertefeuille turned 60, and under CIA rules she had to take mandatory retirement. She had searched for the traitor for almost six years and could have gone off to the Sunbelt to enjoy life, like so many of her colleagues. But Vertefeuille was not about to give up the chase, especially now. She returned to the CIA on contract with no interruption of her employment...
Being the writer for Lynch's books ought to give me an advantage in such matters, but I've shown a proven talent for ignoring his many winners and attaching my money to the small number of duds. This includes Sunbelt Nursery, down about 80%; 50-Off Stores, which is more than 50 off since I bought it; and D&N Financial and Supercuts, all of which are under water...
...them react to the slings and arrows that are going to come their way on a daily basis." Oddly enough, a more conservative Congress may place Gingrich in the role of conciliator. Political analysts argue that he could emerge as a stabilizing figure when compared with some fire-eating Sunbelt Republicans. Says Kevin Phillips, author of the newly published Arrogant Capital: "((Texas Representative)) Dick Armey is going to make Gingrich look like the man in the gray flannel suit. He's going to look like the man you . . . call and give the serious arguments...