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Republicans running for legislative seats across the state handed out literature coordinated by the party with similar broad themes tailored for local audiences. But Flaherty noted that the Democrats maintained their iron hold on the state Legislature, and he predicted no slippage in the 1990 statewide election...
...similar charade is now taking place against the opposition of only a handful of legislators. New Hampshire Republican Senator Gordon Humphrey has called for an early Senate vote, followed by "public pressure on the House to hold a vote before the deadline." In the House, Wisconsin Republican Tom Petri has demanded that Speaker Jim Wright require a vote on the raises before the waiting period expires. "If we lack the courage to face an issue as clear cut as that of lining our own pockets," Petri asked, "how can we expect the public to have confidence in us on more...
...Bowl hype. The mid-game spectacle -- featuring fireworks, 100 motorcycles and the world's largest card trick -- will be telecast, for the first time ever, in 3-D. Two commercials for diet Coke, one starring British singer George Michael, will also pop out at viewers in 3-D. A similar gimmick was tried early this month on three Fox stations during the Rose Parade, but this marks its network-TV debut...
...separate Japanese board, some 1,600 Japanese students attend classes taught in English by Temple professors. Last fall Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business followed suit with Japan's first-ever English-language M.B.A. program. More than 40 other institutions, including Texas A & M and M.I.T., are negotiating similar deals. "The Japanese lack preparedness for globalization," says Chikara Higashi, president of Temple University Japan. "These institutions are an ideal means for them to overcome the language barrier and other obstacles...
Last October a similar popular uprising deposed the leadership of the ethnically diverse province of Voivodina. But when Montenegrins tried to follow suit a few days later, riot police brutally crushed their demonstrations. This time police did not intervene as protesters demanded that the government step down for abusing power and mismanaging the economy...