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...fighting continues, Defense Minister Garcia and Constituent Assembly President Roberto d'Aubuisson, the winner of the March elections, remain at odds over the country's course. In defiance of U.S. wishes, D'Aubuisson has tried to obstruct El Salvador's two-year-old land-reform program. Garcia has argued that the U.S. Congress may reduce much needed military and economic aid to El Salvador if the land-reform program is not maintained. But Congress has grown increasingly skeptical about the right-wing government's desire to transfer land titles to peasants. The next test...
...recently agreed to lower the height of the proposed research center, which the Residents of Charles River Park group had said would obstruct their view of the river, and to relocate the Resident Physician House, which the Boston Hill Society had fought to save...
...Government round a President. In a major domestic crisis, like the Depression of the 1930s, Congress tends to quit and turn to the President to save the country, says Harlow. But in a moderate-size domestic crisis, such as the one we have now, Congress will, if allowed, obstruct and usurp the President...
...overwhelming mandate to rescue the economy." He has been firm so far in fighting for passage of his radical budget and tax cuts. The Democrats, lacking a comprehensive alternative that can hold their House majority in line, have done little more than salvage a few programs and obstruct a handful of Reagan proposals. But they did have one small consolation last week. Because of the increased work load of the Office of Management and Budget, Stockman asked for a 12% increase in appropriations for his agency. Said liberal Democrat Edward Roybal of California, "Children will be left hungry, the aged...
There are, after all, many good causes to fight for, and protecting women from exploitation is certainly one of them. We do not sanction the activities or the contents of Screw. But we prefer not to use the limit of our power to obstruct Screw magazine from expressing its opinions...