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Last June an inspector auditing the books of a licensed dealer in Pekin, Ill., noticed that the dealer had sold 65 cheap handguns to a single customer named Donald Fiessinger. The inspector passed the tip to a special agent, who then ran the serial number of each gun through ATF's database. He found that one of the guns sold to Fiessinger had been recovered by Illinois state police from a different possessor during a traffic stop in May 1998. In requesting the formal police report on the incident, the agent talked to a state investigator, who mentioned that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Squeezing Out The Bad Guys | 8/9/1999 | See Source »

...year block, no less) If we get lucky, the current standoff will harden into a stalemate, and at least this year?s surplus will go where it belongs -? into the bank. If not, then I guess I?ll settle for the compromise favored by a handful of moderates (A tip: for some of the best fiscal policy out there, look for the Republicans who break ranks with their party): $500 billion in tax cuts, and throw in a few, but not all, of Clinton?s worthier give-outs. Give me $100, and we?ll call it even. Or give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I could use the money. So could you. Why a big tax cut still isn't such a great idea | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

Still, Wolff continued to ask colleagues who traveled to the former Soviet Union to inquire about the manuscripts. And earlier this year, a tip came in from another Harvard researcher that the documents may have been found...

Author: By Rachel P. Kovner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Scholars Find Lost Bach Work | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...summer has been filled with a mix of taxis--mostly well worn Ford Crown Victorias, the occasional Chrysler Diplomat or Oldsmobile Delta 88 thrown into the mix. Now it all seems decidedly run-of-the-mill to me--the flagging down, giving of directions, exchange of money, offering of tip and getting a receipt...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: The First Time is Always Special | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...summer has been filled with a mix of taxis--mostly well worn Ford Crown Victorias, the occasional Chrysler Diplomat or Oldsmobile Delta 88 thrown into the mix. Now it all seems decidedly run-of-the-mill to me--the flagging down, giving of directions, exchange of money, offering of tip and getting a receipt...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: The First Time is Special | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

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