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...American populace is due to its satisfaction with its political system. Because our political spectrum is one of the narrowest in the world, debates tend to focus on very similar options--for example, whether to increase or decrease nuclear weapon funding, rather than whether or not to abolish nuclear weapons entirely. Thus, supporters of one side of an argument don't stand to lose very much in the event of defeat...
...Graduate School of Arts and Science's student government has asked its 2400 students to cast ballots this week and next to gauge student opinion on whether to abolish the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities...
...proposals by Reagan and Rostenkowski and voted to allow taxpayers who do not itemize deductions to continue to write off donations to charity. Moreover, the committee opted to widen a $2.9 billion loophole for commercial banks that the President and its chairman sought to close. It decided not to abolish a tax deduction for banks on money reserved to cover possible bad debts. Instead the committee increased the banks' tax break by $4.7 billion over the next three years...
...most Frenchmen, it has become increasingly difficult to know exactly where the Socialists stand on issues. After a vigorous campaign to abolish the ! death penalty and expand prisoners' rights, the party was forced by rising crime rates to back away from such liberalizations. Plagued by two-digit inflation in 1982, Mitterrand put pragmatism before ideology and turned from big-spending policies to belt-tightening austerity. Although it champions self-determination in Third World nations, the government has moved cautiously in meeting the demands of separatists in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Last year Mitterrand replaced Premier Pierre Mauroy...
...that they are therefore not as free as the printed press. They feel hampered even when not really hurting; the Federal Communications Commission rarely enforces the rule, even when broadcasting licenses come up for renewal. FCC Chairman Mark Fowler, being a Reaganite who believes in less government, wants to abolish the Fairness Doctrine. He knows he won't be allowed to. Too many pressure groups from right to left enjoy the Government-granted chance to have their say. In vain do broadcasters protest that with the spread of cable television, there are plenty of TV channels available, and that nearly...