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That letter was never intended as a comprehensive list of alternative enforcement procedures to curb sex in the bathroom; the suggestions were in parentheses. We do have real proposals for resolving the issue and do not deserve to have them mischaracterized in the form of ludicrous suggestions such as putting up a sign simply saying...
...strategy is not so strange as it sounds; the Environmental Protection Agency has used it since the 1970s to curb pollution in selected cities. Now President George Bush has made the trading of pollution rights the centerpiece of his plan to combat acid rain across the U.S. His proposal has attracted an ideologically diverse band of supporters, from conservative economists, who despise standard types of Government regulations, to environment-minded legislators, who are ready for a fresh approach to pollution control. Says Senator Timothy Wirth, a Colorado Democrat: "We're not going to be able to make a dent...
When the limo tried to pull away from the curb,18 demonstrators joined arms and sat down in frontof it, chanting "Cristiani, you can't hide, wecharge you with genocide." The group was sittingin six-inch deep snow and slush, and policeapparently decided to wait them...
Through it all, Gorbachev gamely struggled to maintain an appearance of normality. Just back from his vexing three-day visit to Lithuania, where he failed to persuade nationalists to curb their secessionist demands, he aimed to project the air of a competent crisis manager. He received former Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe and met with U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, who encountered protesters in Moscow holding up signs that read GORBACHEV, HISTORY WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU FOR THE BLOODSHED IN AZERBAIJAN...
...demise of the F.R.C. and Abu Nidal says a great deal about the changing climate throughout much of the Middle East. One powerful curb on Abu Nidal's activities is the apparent turn to moderation of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who is seeking to bring his country out of isolation. Last October Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak bluntly told the Libyan that improved relations with Cairo depend on Gaddafi's abandoning his support of terrorism. So hostile has Gaddafi become to terrorist groups that some reports place Abu Nidal not in a hospital but under house arrest in Tripoli...