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...limit would be forced out immediately. Others of both parties call for exempting sitting members altogether. Gingrich's dance is the most intricate. Newt, himself a 16-year veteran, says he wants a 12-years-and-you're-out provision, whereas most limit supporters favor a six-year cap. What's possible, then, is numerous House votes on varying schemes, with none garnering the 290 yeas needed. "That's the idea," concedes a G.O.P. Congressman. "You fulfill the contract's promise to vote on the issue -- there's no pledge of actual passage -- while minimizing the chances of its becoming...
...often acrimonious negotiation, the National Hockey League's owners and players hammered out a six-year pact and brought the sport's 103-day lockout to an end. Fans will get a curtailed 48-game season (instead of the traditional 84). Although the owners failed to win a salary cap, they did get some restrictions on the eligibility of free agents...
...Crimson treated the home crowd at the Malkin Athletic Center to a dramatic 19-18 victory over Manhattan, but it could do little in the night-cap against a powerful East Stroudsburg squad, losing...
...openers, Gingrich would cap the antipoverty programs' expenditures. The poor would still be entitled to help, but benefits would decrease, in some cases dramatically. The crunch would really come as Gingrich moved to balance the budget by 2002. With Social Security deemed untouchable and defense spending scheduled to rise, about a trillion dollars would have to be cut over the next seven years to meet that goal. The antipoverty programs would be whacked severely. A White House estimate the G.O.P. does not dispute projects that 5 million children, half of those supported under the $23 billion-a-year...
...biggest test facing Harvard was not to slack off during the races. After all, it is hard to keep your focus when there is nobody wearing an opposing swimming cap anywhere near you. Then again, there was a simple solution...