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...along, the Administration and Senate Democratic leaders were confident that they had a firm majority of votes for passage of the bill. But they were not certain they could enlist the 60 votes needed to cut off the filibuster led by Republican Senators Richard Lugar of Indiana and Orrin Hatch of Utah. Lugar argued that owners of small businesses are "overtaxed and overregulated" and had a legitimate fear of a "further extension of union organizing power and of a strengthened National Labor Relations Board." He had helped prepare 1,200 amendments that could have come up for votes...
...enlist labor in the battle against inflation, the Administration must fight much harder and more effectively on the other fronts than it has so far. There is a hollow ring to calls for businessmen and workers to settle for less so long as the Government keeps pumping up inflation through its unchecked spending. Next year's federal budget deficit, which is now projected to top $50 billion, is at least an improvement on the $60.6 billion that Carter had originally proposed in January, but it is still far too large for an economy in the fourth year of expansion...
...card game winds down as dinner time nears. John starts talking about how he want to enlist in the Marines. They were the ones that won the war against Germany and the one against Korea, too, he says. The Marines are tough, demanding; they have pride. That reminds Thelma of a story about her sister-in-law's nephew who worked himself up to the position of colonel "and didn't go to military school or anything." The conversation and the card game end and students troop into the dining hall, clamoring for food...
...commando-type operations. The Second Parachute Regiment, for example, which recaptured Kolwezi, is expert in night combat, alpine warfare, urban cleanup operations, amphibious landings, demolition and sabotage. The average age of recruits: 22. Virtually all the legion's officers are French. Technically, French nationals are forbidden to enlist in the legion, but many do, pretending to be Belgians, Swiss or Canadians. Although the new legion tries hard to exclude professional thugs and officially refuses to accept men accused of major crimes, it still offers its recruits a new identity that protects them from the police...
...sentimental terms. Look for deeper, darker meanings and you'll discover a vacuum. Luckily, Lelouch makes it easy for an audience to succumb to his fluff. His sincerity is so complete and his style so lyrical that all but the terminally cynical can suspend disbelief and enlist in the joyride...