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...eyes. We'd be faking a man-to-man coverage and I'd be saying to myself, 'I hope he believes it, I hope he believes it.' He'd chuckle just before the snap, and we'd all think, 'Good,' and switch to a zone." Conlan tried to restrain a laugh, not very hard. "For a week," he said, "all we heard was how great and fast their receivers were, and how short and slow our secondary was. Well, those little guys rocked them. That was the key to the game...
...Also, parts of the Bowen plan rely on new tax incentives. We have just closed major loopholes in tax reform, and now here come some new loopholes." To Beryl Sprinkel, chairman of Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers, Bowen's plan is "inconsistent with the Administration's policies to restrain the growth of federal spending, to use private-sector solutions whenever possible...
...together yields a phrase as oxymoronic as "military intelligence" or "jumbo shrimp." By requiring Justices to grovel before the people in order to garner votes, California--and most other states, for that matter--violates one of the most crucial tenets of American constitutionalism. For the judiciary to check and restrain the other two branches of government, judges must be free from the pressures of electoral politics. To elect judges--and thereby force them to be responsive to the whims of the electorate--is to sacrifice long-term justice to the political trends of the moment...
America's allies, who would prefer that the U.S. restrain domestic demand by cutting its budget deficit, jawboned back. European finance ministers and central bankers met on Sept. 21 at the Scottish resort of Gleneagles, and word leaked that the Europeans might intervene to prop up the greenback. The dollar thereupon rebounded...
...usual, the IMF is requiring Mexico to restrain its public spending, but the country will be allowed to run a budget deficit that amounts to 10% of its gross domestic product. Earlier in the negotiations, the IMF had wanted Mexico to trim its deficit to 5% of GDP. The new loans are intended to help Mexico boost its growth rate from an estimated -4% this year to 3.5% in 1987. If the economy falls short of this goal, or if the price of oil drops below $9 per bbl., the agreement calls for additional loans. In return, Mexico pledged...