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...thirds majority in the House. During a fund- raising speech for Senator Jesse Helms in Charlotte, N.C., Bush uncharacteristically thumped the lectern and vowed, "I will fight for that amendment!" Republican strategists concede that public interest in the two- year-old flag issue is fading, yet they promise to hook it to a life- support system: negative TV ads in the election campaign...
...billion. Only last month, Bush invited leaders of both parties on Capitol Hill to join him in budget talks, in which all participants could propose necessary but unpopular tax increases and spending cuts without fear of political attack. Bush wants a bipartisan budget agreement to get himself off the hook of his most famous campaign pledge: to cut the deficit without raising taxes. Yet his renewed donkey bashing makes some Democrats wonder whether they may be blamed for the bitter medicine that could emerge from any budget accord...
Decareau's "pretty good" performance made a winner out of Harvard hurler Dorringon, despite his sub-par outing on the mound in a rare relief role. Senior Bob Baxter pitched two innings of shutout ball, but Harvard Coach Alex Nahigian gave him the hook in the third so that he would be rested for Friday's key matchup with Yale...
...club controversy was "certainly not a dead issue." She said the University should assume responsibility for the lack of adequate social life that makes the clubs atractive. "Harvard needs to take resonsibility--by building a women's center or a student center. They can't get off the hook," she said...
Myers said he had not seen the same level of concern but he acknowledged that the public is wary. "I can't say my phone has been ringing off the hook, but there is a general level of concern," said Myers...