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Congressional Republicans chose one of their new faces -- Tennessee Sen.-elect Fred Thompson -- to welcome Clinton?s embrace of tax cuts, and to tweak him for jumping on a GOP-led train two years into his presidency. "Until a few weeks ago, (Democrats) were saying we didn?t even need a tax cut," Thompson said, after enumerating similarities with his Party?s 10-point "Contract with America." He told November supporters: "Your vote got the president?s attention." Thompson offered one more parting barb at Clinton?s new concoction: "We must do more than just reshuffle a few agencies...
...installed this summer to replace the old husc computers, which couldn't keep up with anticipated demand. HASCS has continued to fix, or "tweak," fas in an effort to improve performance. The patch, the most involved tweak yet, altered the program on fas that controls logging in. Previously, the program was not quitting correctly...
...that has been so effective in this Congress." (It had rankled the Christian Coalition, a sometime Gingrich ally.) Following the sneak attack, the bill saw 35 Democrats breaking from party ranks and voting with Gingrich on a procedural rule prior to the bill's final passage. Gingrich's mission -- tweak the Democrats -- was accomplished. A twinkle lights the Georgian's pale brown eyes: "The House Democrats are obsessed with me. It's almost funny how much they fear...
...more than 50 companies and at major commuter points like Grand Central station. There New York Cares has set up a display of coats from such celebrities as New York Knicks star Charles Smith (a towering blue worsted) and Mayor-elect Rudolph Giuliani (a staid gray tweed) to tweak the conscience of suburbanites. The coats are turned over to 200 agencies around the city to be given to those who need them. New York Cares says it costs less than $1 a coat...
...Administration to set the U.S. on a course of action that would keep emissions below 1990 levels well beyond the year 2000. That could be the real test of the President's commitment. "Is he going to keep the downward trend going?" asks Oppenheimer. "Or is he going to tweak emissions for seven years and then let them...