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...unwillingness of both the Democrat-controlled Congress and the Republican Administration to face that harsh but inescapable truth had made the battle over the budget a prolonged and ugly struggle. It had a harsh edge to the very end. Late Friday night the House chamber rang with boos and shouts as members postured and debated before finally voting 228-200 to approve the plan. On Saturday afternoon, Senators converged on the Capitol for an extraordinary session and quickly okayed the package...
...Israel has followed harsh policies in the West Bank and Gaza, particularly in efforts during the past three years to suppress the intifadeh. But its sternness cannot be compared with the tales told by Kuwaiti refugees about looting, rape, torture, beheadings and other summary executions by Iraqi soldiers. That the outside world has to rely on refugees' stories to learn what is happening in Kuwait is itself significant. Reporters and photographers roam the Israeli-occupied territories, albeit with many restrictions imposed by the army, and report what they see and hear; they are not allowed into Kuwait...
...first harsh light of revelation, news that the Hubble Space Telescope was flawed appeared to be an unmitigated disaster. Because the telescope's main light-focusing mirror had been precision ground to the wrong specifications, the U.S. had evidently spent $1.5 billion on an instrument that may never take the promised supersharp pictures of the heavens...
Following last week's primary elections in which he drew harsh criticism for the state's economic woes, Dukakis said he supports John R. Silber for governor because the Democratic candidate also opposes a referendum that would roll back taxes to 1988 levels...
This sort of stage artifice is Betrayal's central problem: every poignant gesture is extended beyond its natural limits, every subtle shade is obliterated by the stark interpretation. Even the harsh lighting creates a visual over-simplification on the stage. Betrayal is a first-rate script with an ingenious plot, and the acting in this production is generally admirable. But its black and white interpretation leaves us longing for a touch of gray...