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Even new taxes and fund drives will raise only a portion of the estimated $40 billion that will be required over the next few years. The Bush Administration is unlikely to provide more aid unless Shamir agrees to political concessions, including a halt to Jewish settlements in the occupied territories. Although Shamir claims that fewer than 1% of the Soviet Jews have moved to the territories in the past year, the number is destined to grow: two weeks ago, Housing Minister Ariel Sharon disclosed plans to build 2,500 more homes for Jews in the West Bank and Gaza...
...Kremlin Palace of Congresses one day last week, they were handed copies of an open letter to Mikhail Gorbachev demanding that he "stop the chaos" and "prevent a collapse of the country." If necessary, it said, the President should declare a state of emergency and rule by decree to halt the activities of "separatists, subversives and nationalist militias...
Most Outing-rageous Pressure Tactic Some gay activists decided that the best way to halt gay bashing by public figures was to expose the sexual activities of critics who are homosexual themselves. This practice, known as "outing," caused deep embarrassment to several elected officials. Opponents warned that such tactics don't win support -- they destroy lives...
...words that filled the House committee chamber were clear and unequivocal. Given time, the sanctions against Iraq could be counted on to halt its industry and hobble its military. That judgment would have been no surprise if it had come from any of the Democrats who used last week's House and Senate hearings to warn the Bush Administration against a hasty resort to force in the Persian Gulf. But the message came from one of the President's own men: William Webster, director of the Central Intelligence Agency...
...state ever dream of possessing. Last week the Soviet parliament granted him even greater authority by approving a presidential plan to place the government directly under his control. Only this time, Gorbachev's victory seemed more like a retreat from his pursuit of democratic reforms. Under growing pressure to halt the country's descent into political and economic chaos, the Soviet leader appears to be recasting himself in a conservative mold...