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Even if, as many sources predict, the Ethics Committee merely issues a harsh reprimand, Packwood still faces a probe by the Justice Department into whether he used his influence with a lobbyist to get a job for his wife at the time, and whether he altered his diaries before submitting them to the Ethics Committee. The Justice Department is waiting for committee action before proceeding...
...angry constituents who opposed the legislation. The bill initially was approved by the Senate Wednesday in a 41-8 vote, although both sides conceded it probably would have no effect. A Montana law that outlaws homosexual sex between consenting adults has never been enforced. The bill drew harsh criticism when Republican state Sen. Al Bishop said gay sex is "even worse than a violent sexual act." Sandra Hale, head of the gay rights group Pride, said that was an "insult" to rape and molestation victims, as well as lesbians, gays and bisexuals. "Al Bishop is kind of a wacko," says...
Having emerged from the Cold War only to face corruption from within, harsh criticism from Congress and a difficult quest for new leadership, the hardest times for the Central Intelligence Agency are yet to come, the spy agency's Inspector General said in a speech last night at Harvard Law School...
...this year, the dollar has skidded 9% against both the yen and the mark. But the dollar's troubles were only part of the turmoil: the British pound, the French franc and the Italian lira also tumbled, and the Mexican peso resumed its free fall until the country's harsh new austerity plan led to a rebound. On top of that, governments were forced to devalue the Spanish peseta, the Portuguese escudo and the Brazilian real...
...Kremlin is beginning to respond to the growing get-tough mood. Two weeks ago, Yeltsin spoke favorably of methods used in Uzbekistan, where he claimed the government grabbed members of six criminal gangs and shot them. He may not be considering measures quite that harsh. But if it is true that Yeltsin is surrounded by officials more hard-line than he is, some of them may be wishing they could take a page from the Uzbek crime-busting book...