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...offer did seem generous: MIT would renovate the shelter, which now consists on university property, at a price of $1.5 million. The shelter now consists of two dilapidated trailers, which fill to capacity almost every night. MIT would give the shelter to the city for 40 years, and the city would lease it to CASPAR for a dollar a year. In return--and this is the catch--MIT would receive four city-owned streets near its campus. Permanently...
Clinton very much intends to propose higher excise taxes on liquor and tobacco and a new tax on generous health-insurance benefits provided by employers to their workers. But he will not suggest these important, big-money items this week. Instead, he is saving them to offset what could otherwise be the budget-busting costs of health-care reform...
Impulsive and generous to a fault with relatives and friends, Mobutu must contend with their incessant demands for money and favors. One major distraction has been a feud between children of his late first wife Marie- Antoinette and those of his second, Bobi Ladawa. Another has been rivalry between Bobi Ladawa and her identical twin, a widow whom Mobutu took as a mistress some years ago and with whom he promptly had several children. Though such behavior has roots in African tradition, it has led to raucous family turmoil that represents a significant drain on the time Mobutu devotes...
Sketching the specter of an open-ended American economic decline, the new President prepares to call on Americans to accept higher taxes and less generous government benefits to reduce the federal deficit...
During his first few years at the agency, Sessions generated little controversy. Even his critics concede that he is a cheerful, generous man who reveres the Constitution and is dedicated to social justice and civil rights. But after the Justice report was released, Sessions did a poor job of responding to the charges, attacking FBI agents and other government officials. Questions about his competence and his integrity began to proliferate. In a letter accompanying the Justice report, former Attorney General William Barr accused Sessions of "a clear pattern of your taking advantage of the government." The report charged that Sessions...