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Stockman's 'gee-whiz' admissions about the policy vacuum that has permitted the American economy to career close to the fiscal brink have already received more attention (and shekels from Newsweek), than they deserve. What hasn't gotten so much remark is the character of the man himself. Perhaps people are tired of Stockman, perhaps Michael Deaver's shenanigans have supplied everyone's sleaze fix, but Triumph is not only the tale of history's greatest fiscal fiasco, it's an extraordinary summary of the political degeneration of a generation, a moral and institutional slackness that characterizes politics the Harvard...
...good team never quits, especially not when it's on the brink of a loss. Adelphi followed up with three goals of its own to grab a 7-5 lead...
...game was on the brink of the ninth inning, as Sutton recorded two outs in the bottom of the eighth. But after Art Angulo walked and Kay dropped a pop-up under glaring sunlight, Joe Yastremski--facing ar 0-2 count--stroked a game-winning RBI single up the middle...
Last October a rash of bank holdups and armored-car robberies began in south Dade County. In one incident, a guard manning a Brink's truck was shot in the back by a gunman. As he lay bleeding on the ground, a second man walked up and shot him twice with an automatic rifle. Incredibly, he survived. The crooks often used stolen cars for their getaway vehicles. In two instances the automobiles had belonged to young men who were gunned down while target shooting in an abandoned quarry. The FBI soon joined the Florida police in a search...
house's Connor: "We've failed in our public duty. We should sound the alarm when a company is on the brink of disaster." Besides, he adds, "the courts are holding us responsible whether we like...