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...finance Florida's rapid growth, but prohibited by law from imposing an income tax, Republican Governor Bob Martinez took office this year hoping to find a creative way to raise revenues. He persuaded the Democratic legislature to impose a 5% sales tax on services ranging from advertising to lawn care to legal advice. But many national corporations, including broadcasters, publishers and advertisers, protested having to pay a levy on the services they provide in Florida. Voters also turned against the new tax -- and the Governor...
...contraption looked like a giant red-and-white kite as it purred across Israel's northern border from Lebanon. Powered by a lawn mower-size engine and a small propeller, the hang glider whirred its way three miles into Israel. Israeli soldiers posted in south Lebanon heard the strange vehicle, but the helicopter gunships dispatched to identify the intruder could not find it. Finally, the hang glider landed with a thud in a field of thistles just north of the Israeli town of Qiryat Shemona...
...first the President gave no sign that he did. He spoke only in comments shouted to reporters over the roar of helicopter rotors on the White House lawn and in brief formal remarks issued through his spokesman, Marlin Fitzwater. On Black Monday, he blithely attributed the crash to "some people grabbing profits" accumulated during the market's long rise. In a statement after the close of trading, he said that "the underlying economy remains sound" -- unwittingly drawing another parallel to 1929, when Herbert Hoover said almost exactly the same thing. On Wednesday, Reagan remarked that the midweek rally indicated...
Duarte seemed unclear what message he wanted to deliver to the U.S. At an arrival ceremony on the White House lawn, Duarte profusely thanked Reagan for the U.S. aid his country has received over the years. Then he walked over to the military honor guard and kissed the American flag. The next day, however, Duarte called on the Reagan Administration to give the peace process a fair chance by withholding military aid to the contras at least until January. The White House has said it intends to petition Congress for new aid no later than Thanksgiving...
...unfortunate that the artist's approachcould not be aired, but maybe one shouldn't cut upthe lawn to do it," Hastings said