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...spending plan would still leave the details subject to a flock of amendments in the Senate, to say nothing of the antagonistic reception the budget resolution is sure to get in the Democratic-controlled House. Proposals to limit future cost of living increases in Social Security benefits, to abolish 17 federal programs and to increase military outlays 3% above the estimated rate of inflation will all come under fierce attack, which will be even sharper if the overall budget package cannot squeak through the G.O.P.-controlled Senate. "If we lose, we start the demolition derby," says Senate Majority Leader Robert...
...began the unraveling of a two-month-old point-shaving conspiracy, a cocaine-distribution arrangement and an unrelated but long-standing recruiting-payments scheme. Last week, to confront "the questions of moral values and academic integrity," University President Eamon Kelly announced plans to abolish Tulane's basketball program, permanently...
...Administration's tax-simplification plan angers Iacocca: he shouts about the provision that would abolish the tax preferences enjoyed by industry--like automobiles. "I don't see any broke-ass McDonald's out there. I don't see anybody (in services) shutting down jobs so fast you're throwing them on the dole...
...added that his role will be not just to earn the trust of labor leaders, but to "create as many jobs as I can. That is the fundamental goal of this Administration." That apparently means Brock will follow the Administration line against closed-shop legislation and will push to abolish the minimum-wage requirement for teenage workers...
Last week the British government revealed plans to abolish BNOC, probably by October, and thus end efforts to control the cost of North Sea crude. Oil experts speculated that the move might put pressure on OPEC to lower its official prices, which range up to $30.50 per bbl. for Algeria's Saharan Blend...