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When lobbyists spent a record $60.9 million in 1986 trying to get Congress to vote their way, it was largely to influence tax reform. Last week House and Senate records disclosed that the cost of lobbying had climbed even higher in 1987, to $63.6 million. The biggest spender ($2.9 million) was the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, which has frequently intimidated the elderly into donating even when no one was attacking their benefits. Ranking third ($2.55 million) was Philip Morris U.S.A., which successfully opposed hikes in tobacco taxes. But what was second, at $2.56 million? Common Cause...
...pain start to leave while I was in the recovery room. Except for those whose jobs require physical labor, the vast majority of patients are back at work in a week or two. Discomfort is rare: most patients need only a non-narcotic analgesic, if anything. Says Onik: "The biggest problem is keeping them from doing too much too soon because they feel so much better." Another important advantage is that the operation can be repeated or followed by a laminectomy if necessary. But when the more drastic operation is performed first, reoperation is much more difficult because...
...proponents of the entrepreneurial boom, the complaints are sour grapes and nonsense. They point to the starring role that small firms have played in recent U.S. economic growth. Since 1980, as the biggest U.S. industrial corporations have restructured, cutting their payrolls by some 3.1 million workers, small companies have created more than 17 million new jobs. The Reagan Administration estimates that firms with fewer than 500 employees accounted for 63.5% of all new employment between 1980 and 1986. Small firms have also contributed to the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing exports. In a study of more than 400 small high-tech...
RICHARD III. Ontario's Stratford Festival shows why it has become the biggest repertory company in North America in this robust 51-actor staging. Colm Feore cackles, skitters and charms as Shakespeare's bottled-spider King...
...Perrier in 1986, which is currently worth $20 million. The most impressive sign that small agencies have come into their own may be Riney's capture last May of General Motors' $100 million account for its new nameplate, the forthcoming Saturn. For the most successful small agencies, the biggest challenge may be to stay that...