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...same pollsters, was a 54 percent disapproval rating last Sept. 6-7. Why? Most poll respondents (69 percent) said they believed the president was merely responding to Republican pressure for tax cuts. About 70 percent also said they favored spending cuts directed toward deficit reduction, rather than tax cuts. BTW: Clinton's highest approval rating came just a month into his presidency, when it reached 59 percent against a 29 percent disapproval mark...
...Korean War. "In light of the enemy capability to launch a massive ground offensive, U.S. air support operations, including use of atomic weapons, will be employed to inflict maximum destruction of enemy forces," the memo says. (Eisenhower later admitted to using nuclear brinkmanship to move along U.S.-Chinese negotiations.) BTW: The memo -- one of only 30 numbered copies -- was one of 44 million WW II, Korean and Vietnam war documents recently declassified by President Clinton, one of the biggest mass declassifications in U.S. history.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...hated salary cap. Owners' negotiator John Harrington said yesterday the plan was a "substantial move," but players' union head Donald Fehr may have foreshadowed tonight's answer over the weekend: "At first blush, it appears their new proposal contains virtually all the elements of the salary cap." BTW: Strikers' fears of being replaced by foreign athletes are now for naught. Since the Labor Department certified the strike this weekend, the U.S. now won't grant any imported stars entry visas.Post your opinion on theSocietybulletin board...
...estimated to be as great as $150 billion. "The cuts were a lot smaller than people feared, because Clinton pumped in that $25 billion last week, but it doesn't solve the problem of their being too many Pentagon projects in the future and not enough money," Thompson says. BTW: Thompson says the Marines got some good news: they'll receive 500 V-22 tilt-rotor helicopters to replace the 20-year-old CH-46 choppers currently...
...troika (Larry Fine and "Curly Joe'" DeRita). The reason: the grandson and daughter of the Stooge-in-chief, Moe Howard, had stiffed the others on revenues from Stooge-related products. Jean DeRita, Curly Joe's widow, now gets almost $1.6 million, and Fine's grandchildren receive about $500,000. BTW: The next stage of the trial, punitive damages -- ouch! -- began today.Post your opinion on theArts & Culturebulletin board...