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Tsongas presented "The Zero-Deficit Plan" designed by The Concord Coalition, which he and former Sen. Warren B. Rudman (R-N.H.) co- founded in 1992 to promote reduction of thefederal deficit. The plan calls for a"comprehensive entitlement means test" to makesure government funds are only going to people whoneed them...
Olde Discount Stockbrokers (800-USA-OLDE) offers free trading of any listed common stock. You have to have an account worth at least $500,000 to qualify; but if you do, there's no commission to pay. Zero! (How does Olde do it? By charging commissions on all the other trades you do -- such as bonds, options and over-the-counter trades. And by lending money to you on margin, loaning your securities out to short sellers, and perhaps even selling you an annuity or life-insurance policy...
...advocates "zero-based budgeting" as asolution to increased city spending. Under such asystem, each program is annually evaluated as ifit were a new proposal...
...Patrick's Roadhouse, a hot-dog stand turned diner that sits at show- business ground zero, on the Pacific Coast Highway between Malibu and Hollywood, fresh slabs of bacon sputter on the grill while movie moguls gossip about the wife of a top studio executive and a national politician. The interior is pure beachfront eclectic, crammed with mismatched furniture, bullhorns, rubber snakes, paintings of World War II flying aces, antique mirrors, numberless pieces of nautical kitsch. It's not only the campy charm, the soulful coffee or the cheap and un-California-ishly cholesterol-rich menu that keeps this dive...
...about 1980, just like REM's) and adds a handful of new songs. The new stuff is fine; some of it's also funny (like a cover of the Who's "Tattoo"), making me wonder what direction Keene's forthcoming album will take. But the standouts ("Back to Zero Now," "Nothing Happened Yesterday") are largely from his first record: they're refreshingly clear, achingly memorable "pop" with a place in the normal collegiate heart...