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...order, or, more likely, an "exception" to the standing one, and legally keep it secret. The only way to prevent that would be to write a prohibition against assassinations into law. After congressional investigations in the 1970s turned up evidence of CIA-sponsored assassination plots, attempts were made to enact such a law. But they failed, says one legislator, because "nobody was prepared to say right out that assassination could never be U.S. policy...
...Drug Free Schools and Campuses Act, which takes effect on October 1, links federal funding to enforcement of state drug and alcohol laws. The new law requires that colleges enact alcohol regulations that match state drinking laws, and Harvard officials say they have little choice but to obey...
...said it also would enact measures toimprove education and worker training as along-term investment in the quality of the U.S.work force. Washington also promised to developprograms to promote exports while easingrestrictions on oil exports
...another assault on tobacco, Health Secretary Louis Sullivan urged state governments last week to enact new laws to discourage the sale of cigarettes to minors. Among the provisions: a ban on cigarette vending machines. "Our children can easily buy cigarettes virtually anytime they want to," said the secretary in a statement. "Clearly, something has to change...
...classic folk drama originated in 1634, after villagers vowed to re-enact Christ's Passion regularly if they were spared from the Black Death. Ever since, residents periodically abandon their main occupations as farmers and wood-carvers, let their hair and beards grow long and compete for the prized roles. As usual, the premiere attracted padres, pilgrims and politicians, ; among them Bavarian Minister-President Max Streibl and U.S. Ambassador Vernon Walters. Mercedes-Benz limousines stood outside the 4,684-seat theater, and the hotels and restaurants were jammed...