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...closing, as the president drives down that highway along the California coast, grant him moments not only to balance the budget and halt the arms race, but also to relax on the ranch before Sandy Vanocur cuts in and tells him time...
...left the center to return for our exam, our car ran over an enormous nail on the highway, which ripped right through one of the tires. There was no spare in the car, and no repairman was available until the next day. We were in a remote area, and there was no other choice for us but to spend the night in a nearby motel. Only today was the tire repaired, and so we are a day late for your final...
...mandatory imprisonment of up to four years for repeat offenders. By now all 50 states have tightened their drunk-driving laws. And Lightner keeps making speeches, lobbying legislators and generally creating waves. Last July she stood beside President Ronald Reagan as he signed a new law reducing federal highway grants to any state that fails to raise the drinking age to 21. Her next goals: an indemnity fund for victims, a bill of rights for victims, automatic imprisonment for repeat offenders. (Clarence Busch did finally serve 21 months in jail for the death of Cari Lightner...
...managing partner of Edelson Technology, a venture-capital firm: "It's equivalent to opening up the U.S. postal system to competition." Japanese and foreign firms will be able to sell products and services that until now have been the exclusive province of NTT. Corporate powerhouses like the Japan Highway Public Corp. (1983 sales: $2.9 billion) already plan to offer long-distance services. Kyocera, an electronic-products company, intends to build microwave transmission systems...
...toxic-waste cleanup at the top of a long list of demands. New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who reports a surplus of $207 million, is designing a broad tax-reform plan that will include income tax reductions. In California, Governor George Deukmejian plans to pump money into education, highway construction and environmental projects. Says William Hamm, an analyst for California's legislature: "It's difficult to build reserves when times are bad, but it's hard to justify them to the public when they get too large...