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...Everything kind of flows until the nextmeeting [next fall]," Rauch said."Parliamentarily, this never happened. [But] froma practical point of view more than one half ofthe people who have any real connection to thecouncil were there. The blank check [given to theexecutive board at the meeting to secure a fallconcert] is in the hands of the executive board.That's reality. If anyone wants to sue thecouncil, they...
...fact, they were so pleased that they gave the council's executive committee a $35,000 "blank check" to negotiate another concert for next fall...
Frustrated at the failure of the Bush Administration to redefine U.S. defense posture in the face of changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Democratic Senator Sam Nunn has delivered a series of speeches on "defense- budget blanks." Chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, Nunn pointed to a "threat blank" based on a dated U.S. assessment of Soviet military power, a "strategy blank" unfilled by Pentagon planners and, most important, a "program blank" in which requests for tens of billions of dollars in new weapons are unsupported by any rationale. Deciding on the defense budget, said Nunn...
...rollout in June. Unlike most of its predecessors, Persona will be aimed at a mass audience. It will get wide distribution at supermarket check-out stands and other retail outlets. And it will be priced at a low, low $4.95. That is scarcely more than the cost of a blank cassette; Persona's advertising will even point out that the tape can be reused after viewing (as can all prerecorded tapes, with a little tinkering). Reason for the cut-rate price: the two-hour program includes 20 minutes of commercials...
...huge billboard at the town limit warns that DISPLAY OF WEAPONS, FIRING OF BLANK AMMUNITION AND ARRESTS MAY OCCUR. IF CHALLENGED, PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. HAVE A NICE DAY! And true to its admonition, mock bank robberies, kidnapings and drug busts take place like clockwork. Mayor Pledger brags that Hogan's Alley is the most crime-ridden town in the world. Says Pledger: "The next crime wave is usually just around the corner. Fortunately for us, though, we've got a 100% success rate at catching criminals...