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Micheal Lavery, a New York-based Maryknoll layman who is a friend of Bourgeois, said yesterday Duarte's statement was "an attempt to unjustly blame the victim, and to lessen any possible suspicion of the El Salvadoran paramilitary's involvement in the priest's disappearance...
...slow drizzle didn't lessen the effect of the Crimson nine's bats as the women surged to an 11-0 lead after two innings. Co-captain Lisa "The Mouse" Bernstein started the barrage with a lead-off home run--her second four-bagger in two games. Leftfielder Sara LeBlond knocked in six RBIs to lead the team in hits...
...Service cannot always recognize -or stop-a potential assassin, can anything more be done to lessen the dangers? Many law enforcement officials recommend that Reagan wear a bulletproof vest when making public appearances...
...increases likely next year, he lost by eight votes. The splintered Democrats could not prevent the Republicans from cutting Medicaid and unemployment compensation and other social programs $200 million more than Reagan had requested, and all but four went along with a move by Kansas Republican Nancy Kassebaum to lessen a cut in the lending authority of the Export-Import Bank, a step that benefits big corporations...
...strategic concerns." As part of that process, he urged that the ban on U.S. aid to Pakistan be lifted. Pakistan, which borders on Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, is prohibited from receiving American economic and military aid because of its nuclear armament program. A guarantee of regional security, he argued, would lessen Pakistan's "thirst" for its own nuclear weapons...