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...week's end the Conservatives, who had worried about voter complacency and expected to lose hundreds of seats had actually gained 75. The Labor Party was the big loser, dropping 227 seats. The Alliance, the moderate coalition of David Steel's Liberals and David Owen's Social Democrats, gained a hefty 453 seats. The bottom line, according to British Broadcasting Corporation projections: in a general election the Tories would win 340 seats in the House of Commons, Labor 259 and the Alliance 31, with 21 scattered among other parties. "It was a good evening for the Tories," acknowledged Owen...
...close down the worst of the remaining money-loser thrifts would cost tons of money -- by one estimate, perhaps $23 billion. FSLIC resources have long been inadequate to the task. Hence there has been considerable pressure in Washington for the past year to add not merely $5 billion but $15 billion over five years to FSLIC capitalization. But there has been strong opposition from the thrift industry itself, mostly from the healthiest 60% of the institutions. Reason: the cash infusion would eventually have to be paid back by the thrifts, which are already paying about $3.5 billion a year...
Buddy movies depend on how the well two actors work together. Hoffman and Beatty are completely believable, mostly because they look like they're having a great time. Rodgers and Clark are two losers, but they're redeemed by their affection for one another. "It takes a lot of nerve to have nothing at your age," Rodgers tells Clark with utter sincerity. Beatty sometimes seems miscast as a shy nerd who is a loser with women and is prone to collapsing in tears, but he saves his character with a goofy charm...
Cornell's Scott Kenney singled off loser Vic McGrady (now 2-1) with one out in the eighth, driving in Dave Dase from third base to tie the game. Mark Smith followed with another single to score Joe Toscano for the winning...
Pakalnis blasted his second homer of the season in the sixth inning, driving a pitch from Princeton loser Steve Holland (4-4) 400 feet over the left-centerfield wall...