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...last week Bill Clinton rang those alarm bells, playing a thunderous overture to his address to Congress this week. He will probably need every decibel. The economic plan he outlines this week is stunning both in size -- some aides estimate it may shift as much as $400 billion in taxes and spending over the next four years -- and scope. Its scores of proposals cover items as small as layoffs and lesser perks for the White House staff, calculated to save a penny-ante $10 million a year, and as large as new energy taxes that could raise as much...
There is no denying that President Clinton speaks out of both sides of his mouth. Even a fellow Democrat, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, lamented that Clinton's transition period rang with "the clatter of campaign promises being tossed out the window." Deficit reduction, a middle class tax cut, easier asylum for Haitian refugees--these promises were uttered clearly and eloquently, yet their meanings turned out to be as muddled as the worst Bushian syntax...
...effort to counter criticism on the biodiversity issue, Bush announced last week that the U.S. would contribute $150 million to programs that help developing countries preserve their forests. But the initiative rang hollow, given the Administration's encouragement of logging in ancient U.S. forests. "It's complete hypocrisy," said Sierra Club legislative director David Gardiner, who called the forest-aid package "part of the President's campaign to be re-elected and to cover up his disastrous environmental record...
...yard, the Mem Church bells rang; crowdsgathered at the kiosk in the Square to awaitspecial editions of the Boston newspapers...
Next case: an immigrant from the Ukraine has violated a restraining order which bars him from seeing his ex-girlfriend. He rang her doorbell and she called the police...