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...time constraints of a lameduck session, however, gave inordinate power to a handful of conservative Republicans who took it upon themselves to rescue Reagan from what they considered a fateful lapse into taxing and spending. Two Republican freshmen, Donald Nickles of Oklahoma and Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire, previously known only for their obscurity, teamed with veteran marplot Jesse Helms of North Carolina to filibuster the measure to death's door. Majority Leader Baker tried to save the program by refusing to consider the continuing resolution until the gas-tax debate ended. But he made a strategic error...
...year 2000, post-colonial Asia is an area where Christians constitute a mere 4.4% of the population. Although most Muslim and Communist lands forbid proselytizing, missionaries have been able to seize surprising opportunities in Asia, particularly among remote adherents of tribal religions. Consider the extraordinary odyssey of one Oklahoma family: J. Russell Morse, his sons Eugene and Robert, and the eight of their twelve children who are now third-generation missionaries...
...teacher and linguist, and Eugene, 61, organizes evangelists to reach the 13,000 of the brightly costumed Lisu people within Thailand. Eight of the brothers' twelve children are missionaries in Thailand; the other four are studying in the U.S. Next month, J. Russell Morse plans to leave Oklahoma and come back to help the clan...
...loan problems earlier this year at Oklahoma City's Penn Square Bank attest, a further decline in oil prices would put pressure on many bank balance sheets. That is because billions of dollars have been lent out since the late 1970s to exploration and development companies that, until recently, had been counting on ever higher prices for their discoveries. If prices were now to collapse, banks would have little choice but to write off many of these loans as worthless...
Here is what Red Stovall does not have: money, smarts or any reliable ability to keep that fine car out of the ditch or even on the right side of the road, especially all the way from Oklahoma to Nashville for his tryout...