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...death, taxes and congressional cuts in the defense budget," proclaimed Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia, a former Navy Secretary. Actually, in the budget battle that began last week, the question of taxes is very much a matter of uncertainty. But military spending has already become a blazing battleground that promises to produce some cuts and much political bleeding...
Beirut, slowly, is coming back to life. It is a remarkable feat, considering what the city has endured. For most of the summer Beirut was a bloody battleground for Israeli troops and Palestinian guerrillas. By the time both sides finally withdrew, there was no euphoria, only relief that it was over. No one knows how badly Beirut was damaged, but one Lebanese businessman places the cost of rebuilding the city at more than $10 billion. Though it is possible to drive safely from East to West Beirut, passing only the occasional Lebanese army checkpoint, the years of division have left...
Another significant battleground will be the 58 House seats that are empty because either an incumbent is retiring or redistricting has created a new spot. In those places, the heavy advantages of incumbency will not be a factor. Florida has four of the newly drawn seats, more than any other state. There, the Democrats, making an issue of Social Security as well as the economy, should carry at least two of the new districts. "Not since 1964 has Social Security played such an important part in a campaign," says Florida State University Political Scientist Douglas St. Angelo. In California, where...
Professional educators' groups and public school associations strongly oppose Administration policies, pointing out that federal help has almost always been aimed at groups not served by local school districts. Says Willard McGuire, president of the National Education Association: "Block grants have been used to shift the battleground to the local level." Argues National School Boards Association President Thomas Shannon: "We don't know yet if the New Federalism ... is Orwellian Newspeak for the old federalism that existed in 1917 before the enactment of the Vocational Education Act and the Child Nutrition Act." James Gordon Ward of the American...
Schoolbooks become a political battleground...