Word: variously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past three nights, members of both groups have been tabling at various houses and the Freshman Union collecting warm clothes and money...
According to various campaign finance proposals compiled by Jain, lower spending limits would facilitate enforcement by the election commission but might decrease a candidate's ability to reach voters across the campus...
...outside, they outnumber Whitewater and Bosnia," said Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. True, but the real spectacle outside the hearing room in the Dirksen building was the 200-member Dawg Pound. These avid Browns fans lined up along the wall in the hallway dressed in their team colors and various canine guises. When Tagliabue passed by, they implored him to Save the Browns. "Paul," begged one of man's best friends, "don't let Modell take our team away...
...hearing gave various Ohio politicians--Senators John Glenn and Mike DeWine, Representatives Louis Stokes and Martin Hoke, and Cleveland Mayor Michael White--an opportunity to show how much they care. White promised that "as long as there is no team in Cleveland, there will be no peace." Glenn and Stokes said they would introduce in their respective Houses a bill called the Fans Rights Act, which would 1) grant a limited antitrust exemption shielding a professional sports league from a lawsuit if the league blocks a relocation, and 2) require a team intending to move to give 180 days' notice...
Instead of lowering the capital-gains tax, Lewis proposes raising it to 39%, the same level as the top rate paid by the rich on the income they get from their various income-producing investments, such as government bonds. That, says Lewis, would eliminate the favoritism shown to stocks over bonds in the tax code, and create a "free market" in the process. This is no doubt the first time in financial journalism that a writer has suggested a free market can result from an increase in taxes...