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...green may finally have risen to the top. Buying the argument that the move would give the U.S. more clout in debates with environmental ministers from other countries, the Senate voted to elevate the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet level. The measure was sent to the House, where it died last year because of objections to a Republican amendment requiring government compensation to property owners affected by environmental restrictions. This year the controversial amendment was dropped, improving the odds significantly, though it's still not a sure shot...
Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, once Yeltsin's ally, dismissed the referendum as a "sociological poll," and parliament chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov said it had "brought no losers or winners" -- just a weakening of the state. Yeltsin, however, took his victory as a mandate to begin strengthening his political clout. He summoned regional leaders to Moscow to present a new draft constitution that would turn Russia into a presidential republic with a two-chamber parliament to replace the present Congress of People's Deputies...
...outsider will have either the interest or the dedication of Symonds and we're suspicious that the new director may very well find himself too busy with ART-imposed work to have time for student theater. After all, the recommendation of a grateful student director carries nowhere near the clout of a recommendation from Robert Brustein, director...
...Playhouse, the first act moved like a rocket, while the second act sputtered. So composer-lyricist Pete Townshend and director Des McAnuff rewrote the libretto again, added new music and clarified -- purists would say changed -- the underlying message. Now the whole production hurtles forward with visual excitement and emotional clout worthy of the score...
...meeting of a group with separate, distinct agendas using the coalition to have more political clout," So said. "But it is a group concerned with the general rights and concerns of minority students...