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...Fill 'er up!" In these days of buck-a-gallon gasoline, millions of + Americans belt out those words with relish in filling stations from Honolulu to Hartford. But the cost of that tankful could soon take its biggest leap since the oil-parched 1970s. Reason: a hefty increase in the federal gasoline tax may be coming down the road this year. To an increasing number of politicians and economists, a gas-tax boost would be one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce the 1990 budget deficit. The idea could quickly gain ground among congressional leaders...
...implications could be explosive. Three days after President Carlos Salinas de Gortari announced the belt-tightening measures last month, hundreds of government workers demanding pay increases stormed the legislature shouting antigovernment slogans. Thousands more demonstrated in the streets of the city. At his inauguration Salinas, who won a clouded election by the narrowest margin in the 59-year history of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, again called for a reduction in Mexico's debt payments. "The interests of Mexicans," said he, "come before those of the creditors." Yet Salinas' ability to curb his country's debt burden is severely handicapped...
...should be able to stop him. Hurst is tough, but Andre has a black belt in karate. Parish tuned up for this assignment a few weeks ago. A fellow named Laimbeer was his sparring partner...
Linebacker Rick McIntire was a starter by the end of the year and he should be solid next year with this season's experience under his belt...
...victim. He has placed second in two other majors, losing the 1986 Masters to Jack Nicklaus because of a wild 4-iron on the very last hole. Despite Olympian skills and what Nicklaus calls "virtually unlimited potential," Greg Norman has only one major-tournament victory under his belt; the Golden Bear, Nicklaus, has tucked away a record 18. Norman at age 33 is golf...