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...quarter of 1% in 1983. The combined federal, state and municipal government budget deficit for 1983 is projected to exceed $31 billion. Vogel had promised to cancel all the austerity measures that Kohl had taken during his five months as Chancellor prior to the election. Kohl's belt-tightening gospel was undoubtedly unpopular, but Vogel's vow to return to freer spending of dwindling government resources apparently turned out to be an unsatisfactory proposition for most voters. The newly mandated Chancellor is expected to cut where he can, weather the cries of anguish and wait for the beginning...
...forests and crops and to corrode man-made structures. The human dangers of acid rain are twofold: sulfur dioxide interferes with the respiratory system, and acidified water pulls toxic metals out of water supply piping. About one-half the acid rain which falls on Canada originates in the Eastern belt of the United States, which generates 221/2 tons of sulfur dioxide annually...
...international traveler, touching down in some parts of the Muslim world, knows from experience not to expect a belt or two before bed-or before leaving, for that matter. Thus, at the cocktail hour, glumly clutching a glass brimming with the essence of a prune, the businessman is cross but not shocked. The domestic drummer, however, always appears to be caught short-and made bewildered-when the journey pauses for an evening in an American anachronism, the dry county. After all, this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, and yet here and there across...
...ashamed to say it," said Wade, "but my own wife voted dry the last time around, and we have a little wine nearly every night. She said she thought voting dry was the Christian thing to do. You see, it's a Bible Belt problem. It's spiritual. You need something to flay like a horse. You need a devil you can identify, say you've seen, and call by name. We call the devil whisky. I wish somebody would do a psychological study...
...artists when it comes to lying." Former Premier Raymond Barre blasted the government for the "cacophony" of its contradictory policies. Mitterrand remained above the fray, but Socialist First Secretary Lionel Jospin and Communist Boss Georges Marchais tried to drum up the loyal leftist vote in the suburban industrial "Red belt" around Paris. Marchais told a rally in Communist-controlled Villejuif, "The right is dangerous! We must throw all our forces into battle...