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Clark contended that his proposed total of $3.5 billion in tax increases was an essential step in bringing Ottawa's $11.2 billion spending deficit under control. He fought for his plan to raise the domestic price of oil by $4 a barrel from $13.75 this year. His goal, he said, was to encourage energy conservation as well as the development of new oil supplies. But the proposed oil price boost was seen in eastern Canada as a boondoggle for the oil producers of Clark's native Alberta. Ontario's Tory Premier William Davis publicly clashed with Clark...
...family sitcoms would lose their raison d'etre, and Johnny Carson would lose his major source of T's and A's if women could no longer appear as the emotional, frivolous, and charming creatures that they were. Even the news programs would suffer, for how could wars be fought if there were no Mom and apple pie for which to fight...
...turn out to be moving in a clear direction in the long run. Those of us who were taught the cheerful American notion that progress is linear and hierarchical, for instance, may have had to learn with pain in the '70s that no worthwhile battle can be fought and won only once...
...COURAGE TO CONFRONT problems head-on and deal with them effectively is the hallmark of a president who deserves the support of his party. In both foreign and domestic policy, President Carter has offered and fought for solid and specific programs, with some notable achievements. He deserves re-election...
...assume that the Soviets thought they would improve their situation by invading, then they have miscalculated." So said a State Department analyst last week, commenting on the murky troubles that Moscow may be facing in Afghanistan. Some of the estimated 90,000 Soviet troops in the country fought a fierce skirmish with defecting units of the Afghan army; others were apparently killed or wounded by rebel snipers, not only in the mountain passes but also reportedly in Kabul and other cities. There were unconfirmed rumors from the Afghan capital of widespread looting by Soviet troops, and even of gunfights involving...