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Four federal agencies are bracing to hack away at their own budgets to fund the Administration's $50 billion middle-class tax cut, the cornerstone of the critical nationally televised address President Clinton is set to deliver Thursday night. Administration officials names the departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Health and Human Services. All four were considered for complete elimination, but were spared after their heads agreed to severe budget cuts. HUD, for instance, may be trimmed by selling off some of its public housing stock and making the Federal Housing Administration, which guarantees mortgages, an independent...
...Saturday night in an abandoned building in Hollywood, Aaron tried to kill himself again. He drank cheap vodka and then, after smashing the bottle, used a shard to hack away at his wrists. Maybe he was too drunk; maybe he didn't really want to die. But the effort failed, just like the six other attempts he says he has made. In fact, no one even paid him any attention. "I can't even kill myself," he says. "I walk into traffic, and the cars miss...
Maybe small-market teams inherently deserve small-money leagues if they can't hack it in the big time. A radical suggestion, yes, but is it any more radical than cancelling the World Series because a bunch of millionaires can't relate to a bunch of billionaires...
...from Santa Barbara, California, waltzed easily last week to a primary victory over his Republican challengers. Money has been a prime factor. The oil tycoon has so far spent $6.6 million of his own cash on TV advertising and other promotion, most of it attacking Feinstein as a political hack. As a result, "the race is up for grabs," says Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll, a nonpartisan California survey. By the time the showdown is over on Nov. 8, spending by both candidates is expected to surpass $30 million, making it the most expensive Senate race in history...
...Black Students Association is "just...another political hack group," he says...