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...governor of California. Ronald Reagan tried to dump statewide programs onto localities, which responded by raising taxes dramatically. The result, several years later, was a massive property tax revolt that swept dozens of incumbents from office. Reagan, however, escaped blame; by then, he had left office and was off and running for the White House. This time, we hope he is not so lucky. Congress should reject his New Federalism and expose it for what it really is: the President's latest ploy to escape responsibility for the virtual war he has declared on America's needy...
...addition, Gorsuch has cut spending on every major EPA program, including the one that she says deserves top funding priority: the new $1.6 billion "superfund" to clean up abandoned toxic dump sites. She has also urged major retrenchments in the Clean Air Act; late last week she proposed a three-year delay and substantial weakening of impending carbon monoxide emission standards for heavy gasoline-fueled trucks. Mistrustful of the presumed environmentalist bias of career EPA employees, she has centralized control. Research scientists now cannot release findings until they have been approved as "appropriate" by four levels of the bureaucracy; public...
...advantage of the other's offensive impotence to nail down the win. So when B.C. hoopsters Jane Haubrich and Kerry Murphy each looped in a bucket with less than a minute to go--putting their team in the lead, 42-38--the Crimson did not have enough time to dump in two tying baskets. Freshman forward Wendy Joseph pocketed a two-pointer with nine seconds remaining, but Harvard coach Carole Kleinfelder had depleted her allocated timeouts for the game, and the Eagles simply ran out the clock...
...past three years, Masselli was the target of FBI agents, wiretappers, stakeouts, prosecutors and federal grand juries. These investigations produced reports of an alleged $5,000 payoff to New York City Democratic Congressman Mario Biaggi. The money was said to have come from a paving contractor who was seeking dumping privileges at a city landfill. Biaggi denied any such deal, saying: "It didn't happen." Similarly, Masselli is alleged to have sought the help of Carmine De Sapio, 73, a former New York City Democratic leader, in leasing a dump site from the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
...William Mayne's The Patchwork Cat (Knopf; $8.95) is Tabby by name: stubborn by nature and depicted by Nicola Bayley. One morning, she is suddenly robbed of her favorite quilt by well-meaning owners. The snatchwork of the patchwork takes the disgruntled feline from garbage can to city dump, where she rescues the beloved bedding from rats and begins the long journey home. For several books, Bayley has been competing with other illustrators for the most lifelike cat postures and psychology. This year Tabby wins by a whisker...