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That standing is unlikely to increase soon. Starting Jan. 1, vintners must cope with an increase in the federal excise tax on table wine from 17 cents to $1.07 per gal., which may add 50 cents to the retail price of a standard (750- ml) bottle of wine. Pessimists in the industry predict that the increase could reduce wine consumption by 12% and lead to the loss of 7,000 jobs. The tax hike comes at a time when many growers are also worried about phylloxera, a mite-size plant louse that is gnawing away at vines, primarily in Napa...
Since the days of slavery they have been the very heart of the African American community. Now, the first major scholarly survey of traditional black Protestant congregations since 1933 shows that they must cope not only with social stresses but a growing shortage of trained clergy, and that they have lost their appeal to alienated urban youth. But there are also hopeful signs of change and spiritual renewal...
...Russian Federation is also maneuvering toward some kind of power-sharing agreement with its 16 autonomous republics. Yeltsin has urged localities to claim as much authority as they can cope with, delegating the rest to the Russian Federation. At the same time, Russian leaders want to prevent their federation from splintering into mini-republics. Khasbulatov speculates that it might be enough to let local authorities keep a share of taxes and revenues...
...trying on one hand to integrate the natural and social sciences, he is also trying to strike a balance between the worlds of thought and action. With this project, Clark says, he is trying to put together a theory that academics will find useful in understanding how societies cope with environmental problems, and to generate viable policy alternatives for bureaucrats...
International assistance to cushion these blows has been slow in coming. The kingdom has received only $4 million of the $50 million pledged by international relief organizations to help it cope with the flood of refugees. While Washington has agreed to deliver the $50 million it pledged to Jordan before the crisis, Amman has yet to collect any money from the U.S., which resents Hussein's ambiguity toward Saddam. Most Jordanians believe that significant relief from the West will come only if Hussein subscribes wholeheartedly to the U.S. position...