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...before testing the waters. When it does jump in, it tends to do so with both feet. That was one important reason the N.R.A. lost its battle to repeal a Maryland law that set up a Governor-appointed committee to prohibit certain handguns. The gun lobby enraged Governor William Donald Schaefer, a supporter of the law, by distributing a broadsheet that accused him of "untruths" and "flip-flops." That made the popular Schaefer so angry that he became an active campaigner against the N.R.A...
...accounts, Donald F. was a first-class spy. For nearly 30 years, the well-placed Soviet diplomat was said to have fed precious secrets about his nation's defense to the U.S., making him one of the intelligence community's most valued assets. He used all the tricks: cipher pads, invisible ink, dead- letter drops in Moscow's Gorky Park, coded advertisements in the New York Times. Never short on chutzpah, he even transmitted radio messages to the U.S. embassy in Moscow from a passing trolley bus. Though Soviet agents reportedly suspected his disloyalty for years, he repeatedly managed...
...opinion delivered to the council last night, city attorneys said the city was not in any serious danger of losing a court battle. Duputy City Solicitor Donald A. Drisdell told the council that most claims against the repeal would be groundless, because it simply returned the rent control laws to their previous state...
...pointedly failed to mention Social Security taxes. But the Cincinnati group's parent organization, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, endorses lower taxes for both capital gains and Social Security, as do the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the conservative Heritage Foundation, Bush's favorite think tank. Says Donald Leavens, a budget expert for the U.S. Chamber: "How can you go against such a good idea? It's populist, and it will do a lot for economic growth...
...emphasis on AIDS research is also beginning to draw fire from scientists whose non-AIDS projects have been squeezed for funds. Traditionally, major health efforts have fueled broad basic-research programs. But "AIDS money is targeted," observes Donald Fredrickson, former director of the National Institutes of Health. The narrow focus reduces the chances of spin-off discoveries for other diseases. Says David Korn, dean of the Stanford School of Medicine: "The course of discovery in biology is not linear. When you target money too narrowly, you exclude other areas that may prove to be very fruitful...