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...marriage ethic, but this is not enough to justify the change of scene. Perhaps there is an obscure reference to the Southern psyche--but to the uninitiated the production seems to revolve around the one minor actor, Joshua Bloom, who speaks with a Southern accent. A riverboat does not lend itself to the action: the gulling scenes are harder to stage, and the space confuses the audience. What is outside and what is inside? Shilling's adaptation causes these confusions. And for all her pains, there are no startling revelations: if it ain't broke...
...seniority system. Although 170 candidates accepted the invitation, only 14 Republicans (out of a freshman class of 110) showed up last Monday in Omaha, where they endorsed term limits and other G.O.P. reform proposals. Huening, who lost his race by a wide margin, went to Omaha anyway to lend moral support. But House Speaker Tom Foley had deftly defused the incipient uprising by flying to Los Angeles, Atlanta and Chicago to schmooze with freshman Democrats. For them, the best advice may still be that of Sam Rayburn, the Speaker when Foley first got to Washington 31 years...
...initiated a broader grants and loans program and authorized a pilot program of "direct lending" that allows some colleges and universities to lend federal dollars directly to students, thus streamlining the loan process...
...dramatically demonstrate his strategy. According to sources close to the situation, Clinton representatives approached Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to see what he would think if Clinton chose JAMES BAKER as his special envoy to manage the Middle East peace talks. Rabin applauded the notion, especially since Baker would lend vital continuity to the delicate negotiations. Baker is said to be fully aware of the exchange...
...managed to obtain a computer-teaching job with lower pay in the hope that his son will qualify for more aid next year. Some families pump as much money as possible into retirement funds, whole life insurance or tax-deferred annuities, none of which are counted as assets. They lend money temporarily from savings to a family corporation. They invest in a condo near campus, which increases debt and provides housing for their child. Or they might mortgage an apartment building and hire their child to manage it, using his tax-deductible "salary" to pay tuition...