Word: runaways
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...think that my experience is atypical of American Catholics. After all, Catholic social teaching shares much of the Democratic party's platform: opposition to the death penalty, runaway defense spending, apartheid in South Africa and military support for right-wing regimes in Latin America; support for federal and state welfare, prenatal care, gun control and educational spending. Despite the stereotype of conservative rank-and-file Catholics, the American Church's leadership, the American Council of Catholic Bishops, has taken high-profile stands against the arms race, homelessness and laissez-faire economics...
...issues underlying Question #3, the tax rollback referendum, as a major player in future legislative action. "Although it [Question #3] didn't win, the `no' vote is telling us that they want us to take the ball in hand and work with it," he said. "The days of runaway authorities are over...
Positions: Galvin has worked to earmark lottery funds for local aid to cities and towns. He has emphasized the need for the enforcement of fair lending practices by banks and the control of runaway insurance rates. Galvin plans to work to protects the public from corporate interests and restructure the state's pension and banking systems. Galvin opposes the CLT petition. Republican...
...corruption and mismanagement leveled against her, Benazir Bhutto and her Pakistan People's Party were confident of winning at the polls last week. They bought victory advertisements in the newspapers even before the results were known. The ads appeared next morning, but Bhutto's victory did not. The surprise runaway winner was the Islamic Democratic Alliance, a loose coalition of eight, mostly right-leaning parties, most of which sat in opposition to the former Prime Minister during her 20 months in power. The winners captured 105 of the 216 seats contested for the National Assembly, while Bhutto's party ended...
...America's trading partners. Japanese investors have lost nearly $2 trillion of wealth as shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange declined more than 40% since last December. The stunned Japanese are paring back their lending just as Eastern Europe and Third World nations desperately seek cash to pay runaway oil bills...