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...Vermont's only Congressman, Sanders said he will oppose any offensive U.S. military operation in the Persian Gulf and will call for a five-year, 50% slash in defense spending. His soak-the-rich tax ideas will be welcomed by many Democrats. The apparent message from Vermont: let's shake things up in Washington...
Williams couldn't buy the election against Richards, though. Williams self-destructed, offending voters' sensibilities with his undecorous behavior and evident stupidity. He refused to shake Richards' hand at a Dallas luncheon and showed complete ignorance over a proposed constitutional amendment on the Texas ballot. Although most Texas voters weren't crazy about Richards (she constantly fought unusually high negative ratings), Williams' money could not erase the bad impressions he left with many voters...
...really stuff I talk about casually," Simon says, measuring the words like a jeweler weighing gold. There is a Saints love song called She Moves On, in which a man falls victim to a woman's witchery and pays the price: "I fall to my knees/ Shake a rattle at the skies." But the pain, which undoes him, also releases him: Simon takes the high ground. "That song is close to my heart," he admits. "Too close to the heart. It's about men being afraid of women's anger. It felt pretty real...
BUSINESS: Air carriers face a major shake...
...flurry of financial blows has knocked the stuffing out of an industry that made a record $1.7 billion in profits in 1988. After a wrenching consolidation during the '80s that forced over 200 carriers to merge or disappear, the few remaining major companies are about to undergo another shake-out. Already wobbling badly, a couple of the weakest ones -- Pan Am and Eastern -- may disappear. Others, like TWA and Continental, may be forced to merge with stronger partners or shrink down to a more manageable size...