Word: making
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Over this stretch, the Judges roared, make that inched, out on a 13-0 run. When Adam Machala (10 points) put in an uncontested lay-up off an inbounds pass with 1:01 left in the half, the Judges had a 25-17 lead...
Gorbachev's mounting troubles have had an ambiguous effect on the thinking of the Bush Administration. The set of questions that drives U.S. policy has gone from "Is Gorbachev for real? And is he good for us?" to "Can he make it? And can we help him?" There is far more inclination in Washington today than even a few months ago to accept the best-case interpretation of what Gorbachev wants, what he represents, and what the U.S.S.R. would look like if he were to succeed in his program. At the same time, however, there is also more objective reason...
...most sweeping of the panel's 30 recommendations concern financial disclosure. Elected officials, high-ranking civil servants and candidates for city office would have to make public the exact amount of their income and investments, including their homes, and even list the names of their stockbrokers. Lobbyists who received more than $1,000 a year to influence city officials would have to disclose their transactions each quarter. Taken together, the proposed regulations could affect as many as 1,500 of Los Angeles' 45,000 employees, as well as an undetermined number of lobbyists and candidates...
Unlike the ethics and pay legislation passed by Congress earlier this month, the Los Angeles proposals do not make up for banned outside income with salary increases. This leads some critics to wonder whether many Angelenos, faced with relatively low city wages and the prospect of having to reveal their most intimate financial affairs, won't avoid public service if the code goes into effect. Says Michael Harmon, a professor of public administration at George Washington University: "The implicit message is one of distrust...
Unfortunately, simply treading water is no longer an option. The economy appears to be in a vicious downward spiral that requires radical action. The Heritage Foundation's Aron believes that in the coming months "Gorbachev will come to a sharp fork in the road. He will have to make a choice between a hard left or a hard right." Gorbachev and his reformist advisers know that a hard move to the right, toward a reassertion of police-state controls throughout society, would effectively end glasnost and perestroika...