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Also high on the list, according to Horner, is construction of the proposed recreation complex for Quad residents, which she estimated will cost $2 million...
...York, a collector of Indian tomahawks who sounds as if he would like to swing one at Carter's reform proposals: "The President isn't going to win on either DISC or deferral." The President's proposal to limit deductions for business lunches to 50% of cost stirs little enthusiasm among Congressmen. One counterproposal being discussed by members of the Ways and Means Committee is to put a ceiling -say $25 per person-on the amount that businessmen can deduct for meals. Committee members agree that some tightening up is necessary, and they are likely...
...Should we fail, the cost to each of our nations and to the world as a whole will be incalculable. Our markets would close, unemployment would become endemic and governments would fall...
...ratify any agreement. Strauss does have the wholehearted support of President Carter, but this Congress has shown itself to be well aware that protecting home industries is an easy way to win votes. Indeed, protectionism has developed global momentum: GATT studies suggest that trade-restricting moves by various countries cost the world $30 billion to $50 billion in potential international commerce over the past three years. Noting the political pressures, one Geneva negotiator fears that the meeting could end by simply "defining gentlemanly rules for conducting a trade war." Strauss does not accept this. Said he: "Not everyone is going...
...face of such wrath. Farmers often suffer the most, from the drought and plagues of biblical times to the hailstorms or quick freezes that even today can wipe out whole crops in minutes. Last week's icy assault on the Midwest, for all its ferocity and cost, is merely another reminder of the in escapable vulnerability of life and social well-being to the whims of the weather...