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...that I keep a careful watch on political events 3,000 miles away. The nature of absentee voting and the laws governing it indicate a similar distrust on the part of the state and federal governments. And although many states have made registering to vote substantially easier by instituting "motor-voter" laws that allow voter registration at driver licensing centers, no similar relaxation has occurred with regard to absentee voting...
David Mamet's plays celebrate the wide-open spaces in the American brain. True to form, Speed the Plow wallows in motor-mouths eager to demonstrate their witlessness. If you mosey on up to the Loeb Ex this weekend to see the play, you're bound to get your fill of unspeakable people indulging their character flaws. But this entertaining production is mared by the actors themselves indulging some of the classic character flaws of their profession...
...More than 12 blocks of streets along Mass. Ave. were roped off by police and fire personnel Friday night and throughout the entire day Saturday. Pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic in the area was completely halted...
...Congress of the People's Deputies began a hastily convened session by impeaching Yeltsin, but demoralized lawmakers were soon squabbling among themselves about whether to get rid of parliamentary chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov too. Yeltsin's government began to show signs of impatience with the siege, blocking access to the motor pool, keeping out fresh food supplies and, finally, turning off the electricity. As the crowds outside dwindled to several hundred diehards, groups of Deputies gathered by candlelight to plot their next move. But the standoff seemed all but over by week...
...that should pave the way for stronger growth by 1995. Weary Americans might be forgiven, however, for thinking the promised land is still a long way off. "Lower interest rates won't do it alone for us or for our dealers," says Allan Gilmour, vice chairman of Ford Motor Co. "Their steam has just about run out. The economy's biggest problem is that it needs an igniter to get the whole thing going." President Clinton tried that with his deficit-spending proposal to boost the economy earlier this year, but his attempt stirred little public enthusiasm and was defeated...