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...City workers continued to patch up the 52-ft. floodwall protecting the city, but with yet more thunderstorms in the forecast, they are unsure if the structure will hold. Meanwhile, after a five-day partisan battle, the House approved a nearly $3 billion relief package. Republicans insisted that any outlay for relief be matched by spending cuts. At week's end the Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously for a $4.7 billion relief bill...
...University's outlay to the Pops is more than that. Harvard Business School also buys out the house, and different reunions rent some of the function rooms inside Symphony Hall...
...particular if they can continue to count on a hefty budget for aids research, which along with breast cancer is the only disease to have received more money in the Clinton Administration's National Institutes of Health budget. Critics have been grumbling that AIDS absorbs 10% of the NIH outlay. Now gay activists predict more Congressmen will echo Congressman Robert Dornan, who said of gays last week, "They've lost their edge on the floor. This collapse in their figures will influence the aids debate significantly...
...Reagan-Bush policies that transformed the war against drugs into a vain attempt at sealing the borders while rounding up dealers and users at home. Ronald Reagan dramatically shifted federal drug-fighting dollars from education and treatment to law enforcement. George Bush sustained those priorities, nearly doubling the antidrug outlay to $12 billion but devoting nearly 70% of it to the cops-and-Coast Guard approach. That strategy has contributed to the costly doubling of the prison population during the past decade. But while casual drug use may have declined, the number of heavy drug abusers, a crime-prone population...
...producing emissions and carbon monoxide pollution from vehicles by 30% in many cities. But repairs to pass the test could cost drivers from $25 to $450, a stiff increase from the present average of $50 to $75. (Anyone whose car still can't make the grade even after an outlay of $450 will get a waiver until the next required test.) Maybe that kind of expense would be less painful if industry were also paying its share...