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Such a proposal contains deep political peril. Conventional Washington wisdom holds that it is impossible to raise taxes or cut Social Security unless the congressional leaders of both parties, as well as the President, are actively in support. What is more, there is little time to act. Under the rigid timetables set by Gramm-Rudman, Congress cannot afford, in its usual fashion, to dither all year long over the budget. If lawmakers fail to pass a budget, the automatic cuts will kick in on Oct. 1. Says Democratic Senator Don Riegle of Michigan: "Congress has never, ever, met a timetable...
...newest entry is Washingtoon, a sitcom about a naive freshman Senator. The Disney Channel last season scored with Still the Beaver, an update of the old network comedy Leave It to Beaver, and this month introduced Danger Bay, an adventure series about a family that saves animals in peril. The USA Network has just unveiled its first original sitcom, Check It Out!, starring Don Adams as a harried supermarket manager. And Ted Turner's superstation, WTBS, now has three original sitcoms in a Monday-night "comedy bloc." Cable has long proclaimed itself an alternative to the networks, but a growing...
...dangerous as their hero because they are anonymous. The press may or may not "create" Farrakhan, but it does not create the silent haters. If everyone turned his face away from Farrakhan or those like him, how would people know the extent of his supporters, or their own peril...
...that peril was what one really felt last Monday night. No matter how often the hate words spilled, no matter how loud the approval, a sense of reality prevailed: this is an unimpressive man with a relatively small knot of believers. If it is true that from time to time demagogues get too far in the democracy, it is also true that eventually a decent, awakened majority always brings them low. Yet even a limited display of this kind is infuriating and scary. It seizes the imagination and grows immense. After the speech a fifth column of haters walked down...
...jolted, says Caltech Earthquake Expert George W. Housner, it reacts "like a bowl of jelly." The city has, in fact, been sinking into its soft base at up to 10 in. annually. The drop has been uneven, creating a tilt in some foundations, thus placing those buildings at greater peril than others when the earth begins to rumble...