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...That is one thing Senator Tsongas and I agree on. We didn't have an automobile strategy, a strategy for maintaining a high wage base, a strategy for revitalizing our cities. We didn't have an overall strategy because Presidents Reagan and Bush believed that the Federal Government would mess up anything it got into, and that the main thing to do was to keep taxes low, especially on upper-income people and corporations, and basically to let the market take its course...
...collection basket passes through the crowd, Jerry Brown delivers a 45- minute homily on reclaiming the soul of the Democratic Party and bringing an end to "the whole stinking mess in Washington." His audience is 1,500 students, professors and supporters gathered at the college in Kalamazoo, Mich., where the student center is attached to a shopping mall. He blasts those at the top for prospering at the expense of those at the bottom, and condemns those he claims would send American jobs to low-wage Mexico. He says, "Thomas Jefferson said we need a revolution every 20 years. Well...
Failure at the Top. If Western aid efforts are moving slowly -- and they are -- practical problems are hindering them almost as much as political ones. On the Russian side, Yeltsin's reforms have made some headway, but the economy is still in a mess, with production declining and prices rising. "This is the most difficult economic reconstruction job in the history of the world," says Lawrence Summers, vice president and chief economist at the World Bank. Until the accelerating reforms take hold, experts argue, large injections of money would be useless...
Before shooting began in New York City last September, Baraka publicly warned Lee "not to mess up Malcolm's life" and organized a protest rally. After Lee lashed back at Baraka, a truce was declared. But disagreements with Warner Bros. haven't been resolved as easily. The studio refused to kick in additional funds when Lee went $4 million over his $28 million budget, prompting the bond company that insured the completion of the film to assume financial control of the movie. That means Lee must get approval from the bond company for each dollar he spends. "They have financial...
...conversation, Mr. Jackson said. "Don't mess with civil rights. Don't do that...