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Other potential opponents include Washington regulators. Consumers Union said it would ask federal regulators to review the deal because it could raise cable prices and restrict programming. Officials at the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission are likely to scrutinize Malone's stake in Time Warner; as president of Tele-Communications Inc., he already controls the No. 1 operator of cable TV systems in the country; Time Warner's cable unit ranks...
...issue is no longer just Bosnia, but what to do in future, similar situations. Above all avoid the U.N., say many people, especially the Republicans. They would severely restrict the President's ability to work with it. That is understandable, given the U.N.'s monumental disarray. But the U.S. is not rich enough or powerful enough to undertake major international actions without allies. The U.N. can be useful in marshaling them, as was evident during the Gulf War, which the U.N. authorized. Without it, the U.S. would have more trouble assembling coalitions from scratch in each crisis, or it might...
...lawyers and lobbyists who represent the polluters." Bud Shuster (R-Pa.), the bill's primary sponsor, shot back: "It's pretty evident the president is reading off a script handed him by environmental extremists." At issue are provisions of theHouse bill that would ease pollution controls on industry, restrict wetlands protection,and give local officials more say in meeting water quality standards. The Senate version is expected to be more moderate...
...come talk . . . But if I do, I think I would only last a few speeches. They would find out I don't really agree with them either." Weaver, who held off federal agents for 11 days in the siege, is now waiting out conditions of his probation that restrict him to southern Iowa through the end of this year. He has also filed a $180 million civil suit against the federal government...
...restrict it to the absolute minimumnumber of people," he said. "It's a small numberof people...