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...nights ago, Georgia's Sam Nunn rushed from the supersecret Senate Intelligence Committee hearings on the Iran fiasco to a Washington dinner party. His excited table partners waited between sips of wine for him to begin to blab (as 99 out of every 100 members of Congress are wont to do), to divulge savory tidbits with the salad about the notorious swashbuckler Oliver North, to float with the coffee dark hints of world-tilting plots yet unexposed...
...sent a messenger to summon them back. And when he heard that his onetime friend Becket had indeed been murdered, according to the contemporary chronicle of Arnulf of Lisieux, "the King burst into loud cries of grief ... At times he seemed stupefied with suffering, but then he would begin groaning again and calling out more loudly and bitterly than before...
Through divisiveness brought about by centuries of unacceptable domination imposed by Rome, the world has a Greek Catholic Church, a Russian Catholic Church and an English Catholic Church. The time is ripe for an American Catholic Church. The U.S. bishops should begin now to circumvent the archaisms of Rome and formulate a relevant church in which all American Catholics can thrive in their religious lives. Emily Langford Bennett Princeton...
...plan could also begin to reduce Japan's mammoth trade surplus and thus ease frictions with Western nations. The Japanese surplus with the U.S. is expected to reach a record $57 billion this year, up from $50 billion in 1985. The cut in income taxes should encourage Japanese consumers to buy more imports. The value-added tax applies only to goods manufactured in Japan,' which means that imports could become more competitive. U.S. Treasury officials said they were pleased with the tax-reform proposal. It represents a fundamental step for Japan away from subsidizing savings at the expense of consumer...
...deal with the investigation. He and Byrd will appoint a 13-member panel of seven Democrats and six Republicans. Incoming Speaker Jim Wright and Republican Minority Leader Robert Michel will choose a 15-member House committee made up of nine Democrats and six Republicans. Their public hearings will begin when the 100th Congress convenes in January...