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...sentiment. The House Armed Services Committee approved the $100 million by voice vote. But the package was rejected by four other important House panels, including the full Foreign Affairs Committee. Much of the voting followed party lines; to win the support he needs among House Democrats--and among some skittish Senate Republicans--Reagan may have to make significant concessions on the size and nature of the package...
...lies lightly on this show, a sign that both Johns and Marcel Duchamp have been there before, one with his puzzling equivocations between things painted and things named, the other with his mock- scientific glosses. But this is no bad paternity for an artist to have, and the slightly skittish intelligence of Winters' paintings is bound to appeal to those sated (as who is not?) by routine parades of gut sincerity and pantomime anguish...
...point less than that on a 30-year mortgage. The current rate on a 15-year loan: 11.6%. Borrowers also are pleased that their interest payments by the end of the loan are less than half those of a 30-year mortgage holder. Finally, many young homeowners are simply skittish about taking on debt. Neil and Sue Younkin seven months ago took out a 15-year mortgage to buy their house in Brookfield, Ill. Says Sue, 25, sounding as risk-averse as any survivor of the Great Depression: "I don't like being in debt. The sooner you own free...
...Fortune Society, a group that helps ex-convicts. "When we were robbing people, the trick was to get the money without hurting anybody. Now the kids brag about hurting their victims." Danny claims that he has never backed down from a fight in his life, but he is skittish about this new generation. A group of teenagers recently demanded money from him while he waited for the subway. He forked it over. "I ain't scared," he says. "But I ain't crazy either...
...claim on immortality ("Now and forever" the Cats slogan boasts) or die within days. It costs so much to keep a play running--from $80,000 to $150,000 a week, not counting TV advertising--that unless the reviews are raves or a large advance sale provides a cushion, skittish investors often decide to cut their losses by closing worthy shows right away rather than struggling to survive and recoup. One sad measure of that impulse came with last week's Tony nominations: of the 17 shows nominated in various categories, three had folded the week they opened...