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...President Bush and the economy: He has called White House Budget Director Richard Darman "the Dr. Kervorkian of the American economy" and Bush "the biggest spender in history...
...upon hero, the great Cy Coleman, who, with hits like Sweet Charity and Barnum, already has the honor of the American musical riding on his other shoulder. His classic songs, such as Hey, Look Me Over, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Witchcraft and Big Spender, are near the top of the postwar musical charts...
...recession has had a ripple effect on Cambridge politics and is probably the biggest contributing factor to the candidates' move toward frugality this election. Walsh spent approximately $10,000 less this year than in the '89 plebiscite and Myers also reduced his spending by nearly $8,000. Top spender Duehay, however, has maintained practically the same spending habits he kept in his '89 spending budget...
...There really isn't a 'target' amount we shoot for...You just try to raise as much as you can in the time you have," Cyr said. Cyr, the eighth biggest spender at $14,532.54 in this year's election, raised money by hosting small fundraising events and dances...
...under great stress as well. Regulators have cracked down on banks, prompting them to cut back drastically on their lending. Companies drowning in debt are slashing capital investment and firing employees. Nearly 1 million workers have been laid off so far this year. Even the government, usually a reliable spender of last resort in a recession, will be absent this time because of record deficits at every level -- local, state and federal...