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...Gore purred to Bradley as a man in dungarees stood up in the audience at their first debate in the state. "Why did you vote against the disaster relief for Chris Petersen when he and thousands of other farmers here in Iowa needed it after those '93 floods?" It stung, and Bradley's only response was to change the subject. So dominant was Gore's performance that day that the top Alpha Male phoned to pay homage. "You looked like a President!" Bill Clinton told...
...political experience in a series of calculated put-downs of Governor Bush, challenging him to provide specifics on vague promises of tax cuts and military spending reduction. Both men affirmed anti-abortion positions, but refused to be goaded into hard-line positions by the social conservatives. Bush was, however, stung by Forbes' unflattering characterization of his achievements as Texas governor...
...clear where they came from," said Major General Sergei Makarov, commander on the eastern front. "They just popped up among the civilians." General Victor Kazantsev blamed his troops' "tenderheartedness" and "groundless trust" in Chechen civilians. The response from Moscow made it clear that the top brass had been stung. Defense Minister Sergeyev sniffed that the attacks were "perfidious...
First, mutual funds, including index funds, the most popular form of investment, own very few of these newly created billion-dollar stocks. The mutual funds, stung previously when they created single-focus Latin American funds and Asian funds, have been loath to initiate Internet-only mutuals. And judging by a scan of the holdings of the largest funds, they spent more time trying to imitate the old-line Standard & Poor's 500 index than mimic the hot stocks that individuals have chased successfully. Now they have to scramble to own these red-hot stocks and dump the laggards if they...
Sometimes, even budget talks can be exciting. On Wednesday, one sticking point in a last-minute standoff was resolved when President Clinton accepted an across-the-board spending cut of .38 percent. House Republicans, stung by the widely-held belief that they've given ground on nearly every big budget issue - and that Bill Clinton is once again being declared the victor - were holding out for an across-the-board spending cut of .42 percent, or about $1.5 billion. And since he recently rejected a more substantial one-percent cut, it was unclear whether President Clinton would be willing...