Word: checked
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...dealbreaker will be fiscal discipline. Greenspan's own view of the surplus's long-term viability will be a major factor, and you can bet he's skeptical about not only the wisdom of any 10-year economic forecasts but politicians' ability to keep spending in check. But here the CBO's new numbers should come into play again - that surplus may be part fantasy, but at least it's getting larger...
...Macy's and Bloomingdale's fame, said December sales would fall short of its original forecasts, and the forecasts weren't that high to start with. Specialty stores like Gap and Banana Republic are disappointed. And if you want to know what PC sales have been like, check the NASDAQ...
...internationally famous and earning, according to various estimates, somewhere in the range of $30 million to $40 million a year. Once, during a bad patch, she dreaded the hostile looks she would attract while lining up at the local post office to claim her weekly income-support check. When she visited the U.S. and Canada in October, she stood, with 10,000 pairs of eyes on her, and gave a reading in the Toronto SkyDome. Nothing in the wonder-filled saga of Harry Potter seems remotely as implausible as the triumph of his author...
...down--SurvivorSucks.com dubbed him "Machiabelly"--he had no problem strutting around camp in the buff. Hatch attributed his pluck partly to being openly gay in a straight man's world--in a sense, he was the most real, least stereotypical gay "character" on network TV. And he didn't check his cockiness on Pulau Tiga. Posing for TIME, he vowed, "This is not the end of my 15 minutes." We'll check back in a quarter-hour, Rich, but nicely played...
...suspect that the leisurely conclusion to the election has made us a little looser about time and deadlines in general. If we don't have to elect a president on time, why exactly should my mortgage check be in on time? Or what does it really matter if the new TV I ordered is delivered a couple of days after they promised? Or, hey, why should I turn my story in by the deadline? What difference will it really make...