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...consisting mainly of using the Social Security surplus to reduce government debt (the infamous "lock box") and a commitment to prolong the program through 2050 with general revenues--which must come from other taxes or from deficit spending. Gore has also argued in favor of a separate program to match the savings of lower- and middle-income Americans with tax credits. This proposal, which would improve personal savings in a progressive way, deserves serious attention...
...strongman may have been banking on the possibility that the opposition coalition would fracture in the heat of violent confrontation that threatens to turn into a civil war. Or that its loose knit alliance would be no match organizationally for Milosevic's security forces in a national battle for power. But that depends on the security forces remaining loyal. To hold on to power in the face of an insurrectional challenge, Milosevic would need his security forces to use violence against demonstrators - and there were plenty of signs in the Belgrade Thursday that troops won?t kill fellow Serbs...
...women's soccer team loses gold medal match to Norway while the women's softball and basketball teams defend their gold medals from...
...women's soccer team, which had won the Olympics in 1996 against the same China squad that it beat for the 1999 World Cup at the Rose Bowl, loses a thrilling 2-1 overtime match to its rivals from Norway, the last team to beat the USA in major international competition. Women's softball rebounds from losing three straight matches, after winning 112 consecutive games prior to the slump, and avenges each of the three losses en route to the gold medal. Women's basketball withstands a hostile home crowd and dominates Australia in the gold medal match to repeat...
...never won an NCAA championship, does the unthinkable and defeats Russian Alexander Karelin, a.k.a. the Siberian Bear, for the gold medal in the heaviest weight-class in Greco-Roman wrestling. Karelin was looking for his fourth gold medal and had never lost an international competition before the match...