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...long hallway, a showcase of war mementos greets passers-by. Dominating the scene is a life-size photograph of Bush, the kind that tourists in Washington pay $5 to pose with. But Bush's version, a Christmas gift from the U.S. Army, is framed and has a dozen-odd bullet holes in its head. It was retrieved from the private pistol range of Manuel Noriega. Nearby are the original police mug shots of Noriega, face front and silhouette. Does the President enshrine these images as prehistoric men wore totems from which to derive strength? Or is this the beginning...
...energy all day. Her touch at negotiating is magic -- people can't seem to tell whether they have come out of a deal with gold or dross, but whatever it is, they're happy. In her professional career Burns has held three positions and adored each one. Add the dozen-odd part-time jobs that she worked at from age 13 on to put herself through school -- she loved them...
...thousands and thousands of yuletide trinkets sold at this seven-room veritable Disneyland of the Christmas season open one month a year just 20 miles north of Cambridge. Maybe your true love would be more interested in the seven varieties of tinsel, 15 shapes and sizes of candles, or dozen-odd varieties of plastic berry and plant clusters--from assorted nuts to fir and cranberry sprays, ranging from...
Assessing the impact of the spending cuts is made vastly more difficult because of another major departure: the lumping of three dozen-odd education, social-service and community-aid programs (the exact number will have to be fixed by House-Senate conference) into four "block grants" that states can, within broad limits, distribute any way they see fit. The move primarily is a step toward Reagan's philosophical goal of lessening Washington's clout in American society. But it is supposed to save money too; less will be allotted to the block grants than would have been spent...
...federal courts responded sympathetically to lawsuits seeking an end to job discrimination in U.S. industry. The result has been measurable progress in the hiring and promotion of blacks, other minorities and women. Last week the Supreme Court took a step that seemed to brake the thrust of the past dozen-odd years. In a 7-to-2 decision, the court struck a blow for union seniority systems and weakened the basis for so-called past-discrimination suits. Through such suits minority-group workers have won retroactive seniority over whites and, in some cases, millions of dollars in back...