Word: cutoffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SEPTEMBER news conference, Attorney General Edwin Meese III tried to justify the death sentence for minors who commit capital crimes. "You have kids becoming increasingly sophisticated--I suppose largely by watching television--they're just smarter, you know." It "follows" that "a state is justified at imposing a cutoff age for the death penalty at what they think is appropriate," even if this entails the execution of people who are otherwise not held responsible by the law for their actions...
That perennial invalid, Broadway, is faring better this season but hardly thriving. The theater year started more than nine months ago, with the cutoff for last spring's Tony Awards. It has produced only two new American plays that are still running. Add two London imports and three revivals--one of which, Blood Knot, closes this week--and there you have it: the total of non- musical survivors on the Great Gray Way. Why, then, does New York City seem abuzz with theatrical vitality? In large part because Off Broadway is providing a satisfying mix of star turns, ensemble work...
...Administration might consider withdrawing from Subic and Clark if it could be determined that the Marcos government was illegitimate. "Let's put our stake in democracy and freedom above the bases," he said. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger went before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to argue against a cutoff in Philippine military assistance. Said he: "The only real beneficiary of a delayed or diminished military-aid program would be the New People's Army...
...Senate approved a nonbinding resolution declaring that the Philippine elections were "marked by such widespread fraud that they cannot be considered a fair reflection of the will of the people." The next day, the House Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee voted 9 to 0 in favor of a temporary cutoff of military and economic aid to the Philippines. Under the legislation, most military aid would go into a trust fund and would be released only after the President certified, and Congress agreed, that a "legitimate government has been established." Economic and humanitarian funds would be channeled through private voluntary organizations...
...Capitol Hill run the risk of proving counterproductive. Sweeping moves to cut off military aid to the Philippines (a modest $55 million this year) seem especially likely to do more harm than good. Morale among the often corrupt and ill-equipped Philippine armed forces is already bad. An aid cutoff might make things worse, although some Philippine military reformists dispute that. Even so, eliminating all American money might prove especially hazardous for armed-forces reformers, who have been chafing at the stagnation of the late Marcos years. Without protective U.S. influence, many of the approximately 1,200 reformers...