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...solely a federal responsibility. So "you have to stop the benefits of coming here: the educational benefits, the health care, the workmen's compensation." None of the bills has yet passed, though one has cleared the state senate. Two were defeated in early votes, but Mountjoy and allies vow to keep trying to push them through...
Clinton promised to refocus his presidency on the economy after his $16 billion stimulus package was defeated in the Senate in April. But this vow proved short-lived: his aides bombarded House leaders last week with demands that they take action next month on enterprise zones, a crime bill and a community bank-lending measure. When a Democratic lawmaker asked the President last week to "stop the policy-a-day nonsense," the room full of lawmakers burst into applause...
...closet, because he came out of it long ago. He seems wildly well adjusted, at ease with his career, his sexuality, his place on earth. He is a happy camper and a nonstop talker; he's like a character in his novel Social Disease, who "had pledged a lifelong vow of chatter, as surely as Trappists chose silence." He writes what he wants, and people like it. He eats what he wants -- a deplorable diet of M&M's and bagels -- yet has a slim figure and good teeth. "I have the eating habits of a four-year-old," Rudnick...
...alone with their books and toys. They cavort on a fantastical playground that comes complete with a swing, a seesaw, a sandbox, a basketball hoop and, of course, an electric train set. The visiting Princess of France and her ladies in waiting find the men's actions, particularly their vow not to see women, highly amusing. Needless to say, the men immediately fall in love with the women and decide to forget their vows and begin wooing. Accompanied by every classic "oldies" love song imaginable, the story proceeds in a light-hearted fashion until disrupted by more serious events...
...spade a spade," said Perot. "It's not a savings, it's a tax." Similarly, the President denounced government waste last week, but he is not above rolling the pork barrel himself. He found $500 million for displaced defense workers during a recent trip to Southern California. His vow to create a network of more than 100 "manufacturing extension centers" seems smart only if he intends to take credit for killing it later...