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Participants at the press conference said the "Vote for Choice" slogan is particularly offensive because it equates abortion rights and Proposition 1-2-3, even though women--presumably the targets of the campaign-would be most hurt if the referendum caused the supply of rentcontrolled apartments to shrink...
While cuts in the defense budget are undoubtedly necessary to shrink the country's deficits, the U.S. cannot afford to let its defense-industry base shrivel away. One harmful effect would be reduced domestic competition at every level, from small subcontractors to major suppliers, which would put upward pressure on procurement costs...
...situation demanded strong words, and President Carlos Saul Menem did not shrink from using them. In his July 8 inaugural address, Menem urged his citizens to "Get up and walk!" Argentina, he declared, "is broken, devastated, razed. Inflation has reached chilling levels, but we aren't going to administer the decline. We will pulverize the crisis...
...with success has come a new set of dilemmas. Because of the higher circulation, Cole says Lamont Library will be forced to relocate or shrink its reserve collection to make room for the increase in books needed...
There's no mayor, no water system, not even a stoplight. But each winter, tiny Quartzsite, Ariz., grows to absorb 200,000 people, only to shrink again come spring. What attracts the snowbirds...