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...problems have been festering for at least a decade, but Clinton paid scant attention. Last summer he appointed a task force (quintessential Clinton: his first response to almost any hot problem is to appoint a task force or study commission), and since then he has been working to repair the system. He hopes to reach a settlement before the suit comes to trial, now scheduled for March, and plans to call a special session of the legislature to enact reforms...
...such a cut would not endanger national security. Last week congressional leaders called for elimination of the legal barriers between military and domestic spending, which would make it easier for Congress to use Pentagon cutbacks for other federal programs. A defense windfall, some economists say, should be used to repair the nation's infrastructure. Heilbroner quips that the defense contractor Northrop could be transformed into the North American Road Corp...
...incidents over the past few weeks have resulted in strife and dissension, and a climate of distrust has taken over on campus. Feelings have been hurt and people have taken sides. How do we repair the damage and move forward to encourage and enhance a sense of community linking our commonalities while cherishing our differences? There has been enough misunderstanding and bad feelings on all sides...
...Television and Radio, a 15-year-old repository of memorabilia founded by former CBS chairman William S. Paley. At its elegant new quarters in midtown Manhattan, visitors can wander in and out of four screening rooms, browse through a computerized card catalog listing some 45,000 items, and repair to one of 96 TV and radio consoles to enjoy anything from President Kennedy's Inaugural Address to Don DeFore's inaugural appearance as Thorny on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet...
...landed in Davao on Mindanao Island and took the airport. On Jan. 24, 1942, we arrived at Balikpapan on Borneo in Indonesia. Our job was to repair airports so our Zeros could fly within a week to 10 days and midsize bombers within 20 days. We had to work day and night. We all had a strong sense of duty, a sense that Japan was going...