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...Congress, a loosely knit "reform caucus" of 50 members, ranging from conservative Republicans to liberal Democrats, has tried to steer a course between the hawks, who would give the generals whatever they request, and the doves, who are dedicated to beating all new weapons into food stamps. "Our emphasis is not on where we can cut, but where we can replace with something more cost effective," says Democratic Senator Gary Hart of Colorado, one of the group's founders. Among the leading members are Democratic Senators Carl Levin of Michigan...
...deal will require a 10% matching grant of $3 million from the state of Missouri, forming a total fund of $36 million. At least 90% of the 800 families in the closely knit rural community are expected to move out of the town, which already is largely boarded up and empty because of the flood damage. "Most people here don't have much choice," says former Times Beach Mayor Charles Yarbro. But many insist they will go permanently only if they get what they consider a fair price for their property. And some, no matter how attractive the federal...
Commented Spencer Brog, now three years on the squad. "The deference this year is that we really were a team. In an individual event like squash, that's rarely achieved. That was mostly due to our captains. They really made us a close knit unit...
...guess Frank is just the carrier. The disease, the bubonic plague, is knowing that our O.R. is just a three-day pass that wounded kids are given before being shipped back to the front. We knit and purl and offer kind words and jokes so bad even Milton Berle wouldn't steal them. For me, joking is therapeutic. It's the only way I have of opening my mouth without screaming...
After breakfast, three to four hours of classes begin. There are lectures in obligations to parents and children, social roles of men and women and their places in the tightly knit Japanese society. There is also vigorous physical activity, team efforts to move tree trunks, for example, or cement benches. Finally comes the climax, the dip in the icy Isuzu...