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...once, even the tightfisted Deukmejian could have afforded to splurge. For the first time since he took office last January, the Governor's financial resources and political stock are soaring. The state's coffers, depleted only six months ago, are newly flush with an expected $205 million surplus this year, and nearly $1 billion projected for the next. Bolstered by cash and a record public-approval rating of 76%, Deukmejian took a bold conciliatory step in his State of the State address to the legislature the morning after the dinner. He presented a $30.3 billion spending plan that...
...held up, and an upset seemed possible, thanks largely to a stellar middle period on the part of Blair. First he was lucky--when defenseman Jim Chisolm's slapshot hit the post flush at the 13:45 mark. Then he was good, frustrating Chisolm twice more-doing a split to the left to stop one slapper and block a rebound attempt, and stopping another drive with a crowd around...
...them to contribute Spacelab. The partnership has sometimes been stormy. While the Europeans pressed ahead with Spacelab, the shuttle encountered repeated delays and design difficulties. One example: as the shuttle's flying characteristics changed because of NASA's modifications, the original idea of fitting the Spacelab module flush against the shuttle's passenger cabin had to be scuttled, and the unit moved farther back in the cargo bay. That meant belatedly adding a connecting tunnel so the astronauts could reach the workshop area. To appease the Europeans, NASA picked up the $18 million bill for building...
...staff, who nevertheless are bearing the brunt of the cutbacks. Never a flush organization, NPR can withstand some painful fiscal austerity, but the blows this crisis have dealt to the energy and enthusiasm that made the station what it has become, will be harder to repair. One former employee describes "a sense of real doom that NPR will never be the same again. That an era is over." The overwhelming listener support pledged in the fundraiser delivered a badly needed shot in the arm to the staff, but many are still disillusioned and angered by the events of the past...
...corner of the same prefecture. Perhaps each culture is wistful for the virtues and attractions of the other. Japan has, in any case, none of that American sense of immense, liberating, heartbreaking distances; Japan is put together like a watchwork, with cunning economy. The small, busy factories hum along flush against the rice fields, with apartment buildings jammed up against the other side. Japan is a very intimate country, with all of the rules and dangers of intimacy. It has been said that the Japanese have cultivated their silences and intuitive communication because they are a people with small rooms...