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...larger issue underlying the veto fight was serious: Should Congress have the right to mandate the construction and repair of individual roads and bridges? Almost all the money in the $88 billion, five-year authorization bill is passed on to the states according to complex allocation formulas. But legislators know that it is hard to take credit for such indirect funding in a 30-second campaign spot. So in 1982 Congress decided to build a few roads and add a few expressway exits on their own. Thus was born the demonstration project, a legislative fiction that claimed these congressional highways...
...Sunday, the young Democrats will get down towork of a different kind when they travel to threelocal high schools to "clean-up and repair" thecampuses...
...toughest threat yet to his survival: last week he was indicted on federal charges of bribery, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Biaggi, 69, is accused of accepting Florida vacations from former Brooklyn Democratic Leader Meade Esposito in return for lobbying on behalf of a financially troubled Brooklyn ship-repair company. If convicted, Biaggi faces up to 32 years in prison and Esposito, 80, a maximum of 27 years...
...were a parliamentary democracy, the Reagan Government might have fallen. As it is, Ronald Reagan will remain in Washington for another 22 months. His White House is laboring to repair the damage. In time Reagan may reassert his charm. Even as a lame duck, he will have his successes, perhaps even an arms-control agreement. It is possible that Ronald Reagan has not yet exhausted his luck...
...crew uses the site now only during the two weeks after exams to prepare for the race, which remains the oldest intercollegiate athletic event in the nation. A small endowment covers the camp's small maintenance costs, while major repair work has been funded by alumni of Harvard crew, according to men's head Coach Harry L. Parker...