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...wisdom has it that the stalks should be "as high as an elephant's eye by the Fourth of July," but now they are only three or four feet tall and not likely to grow much higher. Says Bobby Locke, head of the agricultural commission of the Dawson Chamber of Commerce: "We're just trying to survive...
...moment at least, the agreement appeared to resolve the curious impasse under which Andreotti has governed since last year's election. The Christian Democrats won 39% of the vote and 263 of the 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (v. 34% and 228 seats for the Communists), and were unable to put together a majority coalition. Ever since, Andreotti has governed with the tacit support of the Communists and other major parties, who have consistently abstained on confidence votes. But this spring both the Communists and the Socialists (10% of the popular vote and 57 seats) demanded...
...must not only "protect and enhance" the nation's air but take active steps to prevent "significant deterioration" where air is still relatively pure. Environmentalists see these steps as safeguards against further despoliation by belching factories and power plants. But industry is sure that they will, as a Chamber of Commerce spokesman says, only "mandate undeveloped areas into eternal poverty." The House version would leave enforcement to the jurisdiction of the states and allow up to 18 days a year of pollution in those areas. By contrast, the Senate has voted not only to retain EPA'S authority...
Kiwanians and Lions. The new business effectiveness is the product of a new cohesion among the main lobbying groups (the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, the N.F.I.B. and the elite Business Roundtable), new tactics and a new awareness by executives that they need to make their voice heard on Capitol Hill. Though some experts trace the speedup in business lobbying efforts to 1973, when AFL-CIO President George Meany's call for election of a "vetoproof Congress prodded corporate leaders into action, all agree that the biggest spur was the election of Jimmy Carter. Says...
...problems was "the moral equivalent of war." The American Institute of Architects faults the program for not counting items like sunshades as energy savers worthy of tax credits. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists claims that some of the bill's pricing proposals will inhibit drilling. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is concerned about the entire program, saying that it would eliminate a million jobs, cause a 2% drop in the nation's output of goods and services, boost inflation by 2.7% and shrink business investment...