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...Lyman Common Room opened its doors in early October. Formerly a seldom-used ballroom, meager funds transformed the space into a cafe-like area complete with couches, television sets, bulletin boards and books. Staffed from noon until midnight, the Common Room is a place where women can relax, hold meetings and obtain information...
More vocal than the calls for political and military reform are pleas for social change, especially for women. With an increasing number of women attaining university degrees, complaints of meager career opportunities are rising. Because Wahhabism forbids the free mixing of the sexes, educated women are mainly confined to jobs in teaching, nursing and social services that do not put them in contact with men. "We have got to change," says a well- educated Saudi woman in Dhahran. "Some fear that we are like sponges that would soak up the negative with the positive from the West...
...race two weeks ago, Murphy made it through the revolving door of politics and onto the TV as an expertcommentator on the primary returns. The smallcrowd in the bar still cheered when she appearedon screen. And as the numbers were tallied at onepoint, they applauded Murphy's meager 3 percent...
...July, to falling U.S. corporate profits, which declined 12% in the first half of 1990. Meanwhile, the savings and loan crisis inspired regulators to impose strict new lending standards, which helped bring on a credit crunch earlier this year. Homebuilding, a key barometer of economic health, sank to a meager annual rate of 1.18 million units in June, the lowest level since 1982. Although rising consumer spending kept the expansion rolling during the 1980s, consumer outlays were flat in the first half of this year as cautious Americans trimmed back their buying...
...suggested 47 cuts in health care, agriculture subsidies, federal loan guarantees and other giveaways good for $16 billion in savings next year, Panetta countered with a "core package" of reductions worth only $5.6 billion. Paltry though his offer was, Panetta lacked much support from fellow Democrats for even those meager measures. "None of our guys were ready to do that much," said a Democratic participant. Meanwhile, loyalty on the Republican side has broken down, especially on taxes. In recent weeks the Administration has floated several revenue proposals, probing gently for reaction to possible taxes on energy and stock transactions...