Word: billings
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...with a 23-min. version of The Prince and the Pauper. It stars Mickey Mouse in his first dual role, includes his entire stock company (right down to Horace Horsecollar) and is done in the classic Disney style of 50 years ago. Tradition and innovation, all on the same bill. Plus fun (and a few shivers) for the kids. What more...
...this idea about declaring victory and quitting," said Democratic Representative Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the House Narcotics Committee. "He must be smoking cigarettes without printing if he thinks he can lead me to any city, town or village and find anybody who will say, 'Thank you, Bill Bennett, there's light at the end of the tunnel.' " "Mr. Rangel," Bennett retorted, "is a gasbag...
...last week's cliff-hangers made clear, politicians ignore such tasks at their own peril. Big-name national figures learned they could not take local issues for granted while they pursued a national agenda. For all his stature as a potential presidential candidate, Bill Bradley very nearly fell victim to a local political battle over New Jersey Governor Jim Florio's detested $2.8 billion tax hike. Bradley tried to hide from voter wrath against Florio, but he was the only target in sight; in the end he squeezed into office with 51% of the vote, down from 64% six years...
Voters want clean air, clean water and unspoiled landscapes. What they don't want just now is the bill. Ballot initiatives designed to protect the environment were mowed down last week in almost every state where they appeared. Riled over taxes, fearful of recession and resentful of government propositions in any form, voters put the Green Revolution on hold...
...nativism. It is no coincidence, they say, that partisans are divided roughly along racial lines. While no one suggests a formal link, the protests coincide with a surge in ethnic tensions and racially motivated crimes, both locally and nationally. "There's a potential for violence in these demonstrations," says Bill Robinson, a longtime spokesman for the San Diego police department. "What we're seeing is political conservatives protesting against people who are hungry and looking for work...