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...problem lies in the alternative--leaving a Vietnamese government in Phnom Penh. Unwilling to let Vietnam extend its sphere of influence, both China and the United States would prefer the opposition coalition that includes the Khmer Rouge. But the Cambodian people would...
...jumped at a short-term boost in revenues against a long-term loss. The giveaway fractured the foundation of the landmark 1986 tax-reform law. The drain on the Treasury could be compounded when the measure reaches the Senate, where it is expected to pass, and Democrats try to extend the tax breaks on individual retirement accounts. It seemed like a classic outbreak of "now-nowism," as Budget Director Richard Darman, who helped broker the deal, labels the nation's hunger for immediate gratification...
...Jimmy Hibbard is lucky. Though his mother freely consumed prescription and street drugs during pregnancy, her drug abuse probably did not extend to crack. Even so, when Rick and Mary Hibbard brought him into their home in Long Beach, Calif., he was a nine-month-old veteran of pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma, so white from anemia he was "almost iridescent," recalls Rick. Now eight, Jimmy still has trouble with some motor skills. But he has demonstrated above-average reading ability...
...strike began six months ago when Pittstonrefused to extend the union's contract. Since thenmanagement has denied health benefits to 1500retirees, disabled workers and widows whilerejecting several union offers of contractextensions, according...
...Harvard housing policy will extend to an unmarried, non-affiliate same-sex or opposite-sex domestic partner of a Harvard affiliate the same privileges under leases as are given to a non-affiliate spouse of a Harvard affiliate," the agreement reads...