Christmas Tree Effect

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   From the WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2 February 2001, pg. 1, col. 6:

_Hands Out_
Bush Tax Cuts Send
Corporate Lobbyists
Into A Feeding Frenzy
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Eager to Enlarge Their Share,
   Competing Business Blocs
   May Set Off Bidding War
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The "Christmas Tree" Effect
(...)  (Pg. 6, col. 4--ed.)
   "We have to try not to load up the bill like a Christmas tree or it will collapse," he says.