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...this year; there was less response (and notably less from the Democrats) when Reagan turned to O'Neill and proposed that he and Tip find some way out of the budget impasse. Nevertheless, the grandeur of the ritual helped create for a moment the sense of comity that can grace such occasions...
...receipt. No fewer than 95,000 New York State tax dodgers, including doctors, lawyers, scientists and schoolteachers, have come out of hiding since Nov. 1, when the state started an amnesty program in which people could pay overdue taxes voluntarily without suffering penalties or being subject to prosecution. The grace period ended Jan. 31, and the state announced last week that it had raked in $245 million. That was more than any of 17 other states, from California to Massachusetts, has collected through similar programs in recent years. Elated New York officials suggested that a national amnesty campaign might help...
MENDELSSOHN: Five Symphonies; Three Overtures. Claudio Abbado conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon; 4 LPs or CDs). Imagine the history of 19th century music if Felix Mendelssohn had been the great romantic icon instead of Beethoven. In place of egocentric storms there would be grace and lucidity; instead of anguish there would be serenity and inner peace. The masterpieces produced by such disparate composers as Brahms, Wagner and Mahler % under Beethoven's spell are justly prized, of course, but the romantics could have used a little less irascibility and more agreeability...
Waiting out this frustrating postponement at the cape, Ed Corrigan, Christa's father, said wryly, "I would have gotten the hacksaw sooner." Commented his wife Grace: "I would have gotten my nail file." One veteran consultant to NASA was less charitable, asking, "Can you imagine a pad leader permitting an s.o.b. to show up for work with a drill with a dead battery...
McAuliffe's mother and father had watched anxiously at the long-awaited lift-off. They appeared more somber than many of the cheering spectators. Ed Corrigan seemed to sense the tragedy first. He reached out to put an arm around his wife. Grace Corrigan's look of puzzlement turned to tears. She cradled her head against her husband's shoulder. Most of the schoolchildren were mystified. But some began sobbing as they saw the reaction of the adults. To those in the stands came a brusque order: "Everybody back on the buses." The lift-off celebration at McAuliffe's high...