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Last week the council voted 7-2 to permit a group of local residents to hang a banner across Mass. Ave. in front of city hall. The banner, which was in place for yesterday's anti-war protests, proclaimed, "No War: Bring the Troops Home...
...shaky health of the industry led Congress last week to introduce bills to shore up federal deposit insurance and strengthen federal bank supervision. Sponsors included Henry Gonzalez, the Texas Democrat who chairs the House Banking Committee. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department is drafting plans to permit banks to enter new fields to increase their profitability. The key points in the proposals...
Interstate banking. The White House would permit banks to open branches across state lines and thereby create nationwide networks of loans and deposits. While most states permit some form of interstate banking, their separate policies subject banks to a crazy-quilt pattern of rules and regulations...
Many tribes are trapped between ancient environmental principles and modern economic pressures. One Alaskan tribe in dire need of funds is reluctantly trying to decide whether to sign away logging rights around Prince William Sound, permit oil drilling in a delicate wildlife area or allow an airfield to be built in the midst of a vast habitat for Kodiak bears. Other tribes have allowed waste-management companies to use reservation land for dumps and disposal sites, then suffered from the contamination of their land and water as a result. Across the vast Arizona tracts of the Navajo Nation, high-voltage...
...truth is that several of us did in fact sit on the steps, which was perfectly within our rights to do. After being rudely told to leave by a rally organizer, we asked to see the permit which they cited as justification for our removal. As later verified by the Harvard University policeman present at the rally, the permit only gave the group the right to assemble a large crowd on the steps of the church...