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CHARLES E. ROEMER...
...three top rebel political chiefs who lead the United Nicaraguan Opposition. "For the first time we can count on more permanent support." But the military aid will also put pressure on the contras to show some results in Nicaragua. Insisted Louisiana Democrat and Contra Backer Buddy Roemer: "There will be no blank checks for the contras...
...avowed free trader, tried to deflate congressional pressure last week by threatening to retaliate against several countries, including Japan, if they do not curtail unfair trade barriers against various U.S. products, ranging from leather shoes to canned fruit. But Congress will not be easily assuaged. Declares Louisiana Democrat Buddy Roemer: "My district says that America is Uncle Sam, not Uncle Sucker. Lead, Mr. President...
Last year six families, charging negligence, collected $4.2 million from diocesan insurers. Eleven pending civil suits ask a total of more than $100 million. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles also faces claims over Father David Roemer, who pleaded no contest in three cases of child molesting in 1981. But a New Jersey family whose son killed himself after he was allegedly molested by a Franciscan brother had its suit thrown out. The victim was a participant in youth ministries, and a state law exempts organizations like the Archdiocese of Newark from damage suits by those who use and benefit from...
Weitzman's prescription may sound simplistic and his goals unrealistic, but the book is being widely discussed by economists and businessmen, and some reviewers are already hailing it as a breakthrough in economic theory. John Roemer, an economist at the University of California, Davis, calls it "one of the most exciting books in economics I have read in several years." In an editorial, the New York Times dubbed Weitzman's proposal the "best idea since Keynes...