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Coverage of away games in particular has becomeincreasingly expensive because of rising telephonecosts, said John P. Toohey '87, a member of thestation's sports department. A $400 deposit wasrequired to obtain a telephone line for one awayhockey game last year, Toohey said...
Budget Committee Chairman Peter Domenici (R-N.M.) said some senators want to obtain the money by raising alcohol and cigarette taxes. But senators left the exact source of the new revenue unclear...
...prove devastating to a nation whose import budget this year is $10 billion. In recent months, stores in Tehran have been chronically short of such staples as butter, rice and lamb. Even economic hardship, however, can serve the regime's interests. Authorities promised one man who was desperate to obtain a TV set that he could have a place on the waiting list -- provided he attend three prayer sessions and three progovernment demonstrations...
Cesario and two of his associates are suspected of trafficking in minors to obtain a profit. Although lawyers like Cesario routinely help foreigners expedite adoption proceedings, arranging adoptions for profit has been illegal in Brazil since November 1984. Cesario has admitted that he handled 150 adoptions at an average price of $5,000 a child, ten times what an attorney would normally charge for the paperwork involved in the process. He claims, though, that his fee included medical costs and that he was simply providing a humanitarian service. A federal prosecutor is reviewing evidence to determine what charges...
...arrived at the American embassy in the Beirut suburb of Aukur last week to make a delivery. Their cargo: American Steven John Donahue, 32. His release followed nearly eleven months as a captive of Lebanese drug traffickers. Donahue said later his family had paid more than $400,000 to obtain his freedom...