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...JANE SWIFT (R) District...
True to her name, Swift, at age 25, became the youngest woman to serve in the Massachusetts Senate and soon became assistant minority leader. Now she's attempting to turn out the three-term incumbent who took office when Republican Silvio Conte died. A moderate, she's pro-choice and would balance the budget without destroying entitlements or leaving poor children unsupported. But she also supports conservative causes like abolishing the Department of Education...
...independent panel of experts to look into wartime financial history. With approval by the upper house expected shortly, the commission is to start work next April. It will be authorized to penetrate all levels of secrecy inside the banks, but unfortunately for those who want swift answers, it has been given up to five years to finish its task. The panel will try to trace the "fate of assets which reached Switzerland as a result of National Socialist rule" in Germany. That includes questions of complicity with the Nazis, illicit profits, and illegal gold and currency transactions. Individual claims...
...financial payments were not the only action the University pursued, as it made what it called swift and decisive changes in the personnel and procedures of the pharmacy...
...swift U.S. buildup by Toyota and rivals like Honda has revitalized whole communities. A University of Kentucky study credits Toyota's Georgetown presence with creating 22,000 jobs in the state (the plant itself employs 6,500) and adding $1.5 billion to the state's economy during its eight years in operation. Soaring property-tax rolls have enabled Georgetown to build new police and fire stations and community-care facilities. In Princeton property values are taking...