Business Week: Bush to Greenspan: No Hard Feelings.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1999-- Texas Governor George W. Bush wants to end his family's feud feud, formalized private warfare, especially between family groups. The blood feud (see vendetta) is characteristic of those societies in which central government either has not arisen or has decayed. with Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan Dr. Greenspan is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Greenspan also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's principal monetary policymaking body. , which dates back to Greenspan's tight money policies which, may have cost George Bush senior the Presidential reelection re·e·lect also re-e·lect tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects To elect again. re . Now, George W. the GOP 2000 front-runner, wants President Clinton to announce that he will renominate re·nom·i·nate tr.v. re·nom·i·nat·ed, re·nom·i·nat·ing, re·nom·i·nates To nominate again, especially for a subsequent term. re Greenspan to a fourth term without waiting for the Fed chairman's current term to expire in June, 2000. "The Governor would like the President to make clear at the earliest moment that he intends to renominate Greenspan, former Fed Governor Lawrence Lindsey, Bush's economic adviser, tells Business Week. "It would reassure the markets and be good for the country." |
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