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...Bush skipped gingerly around any discussion of the economy in his 56- min. speech. And the centerpiece of his economic proposals was a familiar package of tax cuts he has proposed to Congress several times before, supplemented by a hokey plan to allow taxpayers to donate up to 10% of their income tax payments to reducing the federal debt...
...1/2-hr. endeavor into a thrilling mini-musical in itself. Virtually unseen for two decades, the film is now available on video (RCA Victor). High points: Dean Jones earnestly attacking Being Alive, Elaine Stritch agonizing through The Ladies Who Lunch. As a good show should, the 53-min. video leaves its audience craving more...
...United States was shut out for the firsttime ever in women's spring-board diving, where21-year-old Gao Min of China successfully defendedher gold medal. The best U.S. showing was JulieOvenhouse's fifth; teammate Karen LaFace of FortLauderdale, Fla., finished ninth...
...ringingly denounced by politicians, law-enforcement officials, trade unions and the media. But few doubted the Mafia would strike again at will, without fear of retaliation. The criminals' arrogance is fed by the feckless response that greets each new barbarism. Protesting Borsellino's death, unions staged a nationwide 10-min. work stoppage. Jailed Mafia bosses were clapped into a remote island prison, denied visitors and the use of phones from which they run their businesses. At the Mass for Borsellino's bodyguards, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro and Prime Minister Amato had to be hustled out of the packed cathedral...
Clinton's success in New York City was the product of three carefully plotted moves. The first, the culmination of a long and dictatorially controlled process, was the creation of a platform that moves the Democratic Party unambiguously to the political center. The second, the 14-min. biographical film that preceded Clinton's acceptance speech, began the arduous task of creating empathy for a candidate carrying enough political baggage to fill a container ship. The third, the acceptance address itself -- well crafted and eloquently delivered, if a bit long -- was most significant for its contemptuous strikes at Bush. Clinton...