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...White House claims the amendment placed only one restriction on the President: he could not use money available to those agencies to help the contras. Otherwise he was free to do pretty much anything he pleased -- encourage private donations or contributions from other countries, for example. Any other reading of the amendment, Reagan supporters asserted, would unconstitutionally restrict the President's power to conduct foreign policy...
...Japanese recognize their vulnerability in the gulf but are unable to match the U.S. or Soviet military presence in that far-flung region. Japan's constitution prohibits deployment by warships beyond 1,000 nautical miles from the home islands except on training cruises. That forces Japanese tankers to either restrict their operations in the gulf or sail unprotected under the dubious cover of night. Britain keeps only two frigates in gulf waters on a rotating basis, and France, which has four destroyers stationed in the western Indian Ocean, shows the flag from time to time by sending these warships into...
Reagan claims exemption from the Boland amendment amid new tales of seeming violation. -- Parents try to restrict violent videos...
...corporate America comes to terms with the antismoking fervor that has gripped much of the public, more and more firms are regulating the use of tobacco in the workplace. According to a study by the Bureau of National Affairs, about 35% of all U.S. companies restrict smoking (only 2% ban it outright), and an additional 20% are studying the issue. In many cases, companies have no choice: 17 states and hundreds of localities outlaw smoking in offices and other workplaces. The Surgeon General's report last year asserting that smokers create health risks for nearby nonsmokers has encouraged companies...
...changes taking place, antismoking lobbyists continue to press for stricter limitations on smoking in the workplace. Last week the American Public Health Association and Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Health Research Group petitioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to impose an emergency rule that would eliminate or restrict smoking in virtually all indoor work sites. While the Government is not expected to take any immediate action, the pressure is sure to grow. Smokers, after all, make up a shrinking minority. Nonsmokers, like any other large majority, know the numbers -- and the clout -- are increasingly on their side...