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...President's rhetoric was hardly new. He used the same "bargaining chip" argument to win funding for the controversial MX missile. Increasingly, however, Congressmen are fixated on the bottom line. Though Reagan spoke of seeking only "modest 3% annual growth," in fact his budget request for 1987 calls for a hike of at least 12% over 1986 spending, from $278.4 billion to $311.6 billion. Furthermore, the Congressional Budget Office calculated that the President's defense budget underestimates its true cost by $14.5 billion. Most Congressmen believe that in the end the President will be lucky to hold next year...
...deposits and that the government-controlled Bulletin Today (circ. 250,000) had suffered a plunge in readership. But there was little evidence that the tactics had done more than make investors nervous. The day after the Manila rally, the price of shares in the San Miguel Corp., a blue-chip conglomerate controlled by Marcos Ally Eduardo Cojuango, plummeted 15%. Shunning San Miguel's products, which range from beer to ice cream, may prove difficult for most Filipinos. "Ask me anything," said one Manila businessman with a weak smile. "But don't ask me to give up my San Miguel beer...
...military and scientific calculations for nearly a decade. Today its cabinet-size modules are scattered among several museums and institu tions. Four remain at the Moore School, gathering dust and cobwebs in a foyer off the old building's main hallway. Nearby, someone has hung a contemporary computer chip and a sign that says it all: "In less than 40 years, advances in microelectronics technology have enabled the digital computer with performance far superior to the ENIAC to be placed on a onequarter-inch piece of silicon...
...first time in more than 20 years, the Teamsters have cashed in every chip. On Jan. 29 the fund received a final $37.25 million loan repayment on Las Vegas' Aladdin Hotel. "We are now certifiably out of casino investments," said Central States Executive Director George W. Lehr. Placed under tight federal oversight in 1982, the fund now invests through the firm of Morgan Stanley Group Inc., which has redirected assets mostly into stocks and bonds. Last year its portfolio climbed in value from $5.2 billion to $6.4 billion--a smart showing even by the bullish Wall Street standards...
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