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Myth number one: crossing the picket line and riding Eastern Airlines is not a political act. The fact is that when you fly Eastern Shuttle to New York, you are making a $29 donation to Frank Lorenzo's fund to bust the machinists. The strike is extremely expensive for Lorenzo, and for Texas Air, of which Lorenzo is chair. Eastern, before the strike, was losing $1 million per day. Now its losses are enormous...
...approval of the $50 million amendment was decried by the House leadership, who warned that the state was short of money and would be forced to raise taxes to fund the proposal...
...move to fund the Medicare reimbursements--which is not done by any other state--was seen as a severe setback to the House leadership. During the past few months, House leaders have been trying to hold the line against increased spending and the possibility of a tax increase...
Following the 80-64 vote, House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) quickly gaveled the session to a halt and adjourned until April 24. The House was scheduled to debate a $52 million amendment that would have helped hospitals fund medical care for the 600,000 Massachusetts residents who currently have no insurance...
...rhetoric from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank last week was unequivocal. Declaring debt relief for the Third World to be a "matter of urgency," the two agencies put their support behind the plan proposed last month by U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady. His program calls for a gradual reduction in the $350 billion owed to commercial banks by the 15 largest borrowers...