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...left, David Obey of Wisconsin and other liberals cobbled together an alternative budget proposal, hoping to get a separate vote. "The President's negotiating team insisted on protecting the superrich," said Obey. "This agreement simply continues the march that was started in 1981 when budget and tax changes tripled America's deficits and dropped the word fairness from the vocabulary of the Federal Government." The Obey faction proposed sharper cuts in defense spending and higher income tax rates for those with incomes over...
...Saudi Arabia, it may be perfectly acceptable practice for public servants to bully, threaten or even attack private citizens who dare to question the ruling family's authority. Such is not the case here. If the Saudi prince wants to stay in Cambridge, he and his entourage must obey our laws. That means no assaults, and no threats...
...Drug Free Schools and Campuses Act, which takes effect on October 1, links federal funding to enforcement of state drug and alcohol laws. The new law requires that colleges enact alcohol regulations that match state drinking laws, and Harvard officials say they have little choice but to obey...
...would be permitted to continue to safety in Jordan, were detained. They had made the trip after Washington decided to evacuate everyone but the ambassador, Nathaniel Howell, and a skeleton staff. That decision followed the refusal of the U.S. -- and most other countries with diplomatic business in Kuwait -- to obey Iraq's order that all embassies be closed, in keeping with Saddam's contention that Kuwait is now part of Iraq. On Saturday Howell and his small staff remained at the embassy in Kuwait City, their electricity cut off, surrounded by Iraqi troops...
Like religion, artificial life has evolved certain tenets. One is that lifelike behavior cannot be imposed from the top down. Rather, it emerges from the bottom up, like flocking among birds, when large numbers of parts obey a few simple rules. Another principle, derived from recent advances in the theory of chaos, is that when a system is sufficiently complex -- like the mix of chemicals in the primordial sea -- a lifelike order will spontaneously emerge...