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HARVARD has decided to trim its spending. And students, totally unrepresented in the budget process, risk bearing the brunt of the fiscal nips and tucks...
...political terms the plan's biggest flaw was its perceived failure to distribute the burden equitably. Its reliance on regressive taxes like the levy on gasoline meant that the brunt would fall on low- and middle-income taxpayers. The White House and congressional leadership had hoped to overwhelm qualms about the pact's fairness by arguing that it was the best compromise that could be achieved. But as soon as the plan was presented, the Administration, House Speaker Tom Foley and minority leader Robert Michel promptly found themselves absorbing fire from left, right and center. The plan's Medicare component...
HEREIN lies the rub for divestment activists. Despite activists' wishful arguments to the contrary, South African Blacks will bear the brunt of economic dislocation brought on by sanctions. Indeed they must; the only way that sanctions can overcome apartheid is if they make Blacks miserable enough to overthrow the government...
President Turgut Ozal agreed to enforce the full-scale sanctions against Iraq, but Baker's reassurances apparently were not enough to persuade him to contribute forces to the Saudis' defense. The other NATO countries have also been happy to have the Americans shoulder the brunt of the burden. Still, every time Saddam blusters anew, fresh offers of assistance roll in. "If Saddam is not punished this time," said a worried official close to Ozal, "he will be out seeking new adventures soon...
...area that could feel the brunt would be the region's high technology sector. For example, Boston is looking to biomedical businesses to boost the economy this decade...