Word: deficits
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Institutionally, Stratford has never been healthier. The $2.5 million deficit brought about by the last administration has been converted under John Neville, artistic director since 1985, to a projected $820,000 surplus this season. The old era's often staid and unimaginative productions -- typified by a dusty Twelfth Night and a ranting King Lear that toured the U.S. in 1985 -- have been supplanted by lively, risk-taking efforts, including innovative versions of Twelfth Night and King Lear, which are highlights of this year's offerings. Although the search has dragged on for more than a year to replace Neville...
...politicians in both parties, as well as many economists and business executives, the trade bill is a major advance in the drive by the U.S. to reduce the dangerous gap between its imports and exports -- a deficit that hit a record $170 billion last year. Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, called the bill the "most important piece of legislation on competitiveness this country has ever considered" and a "great victory for restoration of U.S. economic leadership...
Just because today's issues may be more "diffuse" than in the past and can't be as easily reduced to three-word political slogans doesn't mean that we should ignore what the candidates are saying on AIDS or the budget deficit and focus exclusively on Jackson's apparent meglomania, Dole's "darkness" or Dukakis' stubborness. If Sheehy really wants someone with a "flawless character" like Ozzie Nelson or Ward Cleaver to run for president (which is the impression she gives), why doesn't she just...
...next time you hear Tom Brokaw or David Brinkley accusing the candidates of being shallow and vague on the issues and of not providing realistic solutions to the deficit, think about Gail Sheehy and the premium (or lack thereof) she seems to put on important policy questions...
...choosing its Governor. Deukmejian publicly ruled himself out because his selection would hand the statehouse to the Dems, but Bush aides say Deukmejian would accept if asked. Weaknesses: he is dull as Death Valley, and he (like Dukakis) favored unpopular tax increases to cover his state's big deficit...