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Senate Democrats flexed their muscles and forced Republican colleagues to abandon an effort to overturn President Clinton's striker-protection order. The directive bars federal agencies from doing business with companies that hire permanent replacement workers during a strike. Opponents fell two votes short of stopping a Democratic filibuster...
...century of narrowing inequality, Reagan-Bush policies pushed America towards even greater economic disparity. If the Republicans again succeed in limiting the government's already feeble attempts to empower the disadvantaged, the resulting misery and unrest may destroy American society. The American people cannot afford to let the government abandon its obligations...
...PRIVATE: This is a variation on the Heritage Foundation idea, but one that would not allow younger and more affluent workers to abandon the system altogether. The basic concept: require workers to place part but not all of their Social Security contribution into a system of mandatory iras. The funds' managers, selected by the government for integrity and competence, would invest the money in corporate stocks and bonds. In most versions, workers would get to choose funds that pursued very conservative or more adventuresome investment strategies...
...Quartet began with a brilliant and invigorating reading of Haydn's Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5. Their first impression held ture throughout the concert--that of a group able to convey wild abandon while retaining complete control of a work. The Borromeo have created a rare middle ground between, for example, the devouring intensity of the Emerson Quartet and the extreme refinement of the Cleveland Quartet. Still, the most incredible revelation was yet to come...
While the end of the Cold War will bring needed cutbacks in defense spending, it does not mean that the U.S. should abandon its role in European defense. As the Gulf War showed, the U.S. is still the superpower backbone of any alliance actions...