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...will continue to be detained, banned and harassed, and township communities will continue to suffer from the depredations of the security forces," said the Detainees' Parents Support Committee. "It now seems that we are about to enter an era of intensified political repression through supercharged security legislation that will confer permanent emergency powers...
...into effect. The Comptroller General is to draw up the list of exactly how much must be cut and clarify any ambiguities about just which agencies would be affected. Synar's suit raised two questions: Can Congress lawfully delegate its power of the purse at all? And can it confer that much authority on the Comptroller General...
...space to restore clothes. In all, the museum will occupy eleven floors; with the new Fashion Institute nearby, students will have immediate access to 300 years of the past. In scope, the new museum is one of the world's most commanding fashion facilities. Its size and location confer upon it a legitimacy that is automatic and virtually unrivaled. As part of the Louvre, the museum officially makes fashion design a part of the great creative tapestry of the fine arts, taking it further from the world of craft. "Fashion deserved to be installed in the heart of the city...
...enough: Toe the line. Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria last year had scheduled a trip to Western Europe in the interest of fostering closer relations with non-Communist countries. He abruptly canceled those plans after Gorbachev, acting for the ailing Chernenko, hurriedly visited the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, in December to confer with Zhivkov and, presumably, communicate Soviet displeasure. In dealing with the West, and the U.S. specifically, Gorbachev has not altered the line pursued by his predecessors in any substantive way. He has, however, taken a different approach to the atmospherics of the superpower relationship, going...
...Senate packages involves what agency will administer them. The House specifically prohibited the Administration from assigning the CIA to the job, as Reagan would like, while the Senate made no such stipulation. Nonetheless, in a provision fiercely safeguarded by the Administration, the House voted to let the CIA confer with the contras on intelligence, no matter who administers the aid. The two chambers have a few other points still to be reconciled, including the fact that the Senate authorized a larger sum ($38 million...