Word: tab
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been seeking other sources of financing. One idea is for the U.S. to contribute equipment to the force instead of cash. And, much as the Bush Administration did during the Persian Gulf War, Clinton will appeal to wealthy Persian Gulf and Asian countries to help out with the tab...
Online gambling may be the Internet's first true "killer app"-a reason to log on that could also make somebody rich, very rich. The Internet reaches tens of millions of people around the world, and it's growing faster than a Las Vegas bar tab. Many of the folks who roam the networks may like to place a wager from time to time, especially from the comfort of home or an office computer. The smell of all those suckers with money to burn has attracted dozens of would-be Bugsy Siegels, all of them racing to set up Internet...
...ruling that could have far-reaching consequences, a West Virginia Circuit Court judge today dismissed several key elements of asuit brought by the state against tobacco companies. West Virginia is suing the companies for the cost of treating Medicare patients with smoking-related illnesses, a tab that the state's Attorney General estimates at about $500 million a year. This could spell trouble for similar broad cases pending in Florida, Mississippi and Minnesota. While throwing out parts of the suit alleging fraud and other issues, Judge Irene Berger ruled that the suit could proceed on the basis ofconsumer protection laws...
...That was done by fixing limits on what will be spent rather than letting the programs require whatever funds a recipient had coming under federal rules. The implication is that if poverty increases, some recipients will simply be out of luck unless state and local governments pick up the tab...
...tobacco control program had placed notices in advance in the Cambridge Chronicle and the Cambridge Tab, warning businesses that spot compliance checks would be conducted, Andersen said. In addition, officers from the Cambridge Police Department's alcohol and drug program distributed brochures to tobacco vendors alerting them to state...