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...damn well better take hold of things." Some Democratic congressional leaders in particular warn that they have just about given up on the President. Says one top congressional insider, gloomier and grouchier than most: "The possibility of rapport is gone. Like a bad marriage, it's just gone sour beyond repair." Dissatisfaction and discouragement are showing up even inside the White House, with key staffers complaining about the sloppy way the Administration is being...
...later said they had wanted to seize the three Soviets months ago, but that the State Department was reluctant to have the U.N. employees arrested. The department dropped its objections, says the FBI, when shown photographs of the Russians retrieving that sour-smelling milk carton from the base of the South Amboy telephone pole...
...Melba Allen's investments went sour. As cracks appeared in her financial empire, she obtained more loans to cover overdue debts. "Out of desperation she was trying to keep her corporate house of horrors from falling," said District Attorney Jimmy Evans. Toward the end, her debts rose to $1.7 million. Finally, after an anonymous letter to the state ethics commission last September, the Allen get-rich scheme collapsed. A grand jury conducted a three-month investigation, subpoenaing 270 bankers, and indicted her on charges of misusing her office for personal gain...
...federal pool, which Eastern refiners draw on to buy expensive OPEC oil. Consequently, refineries have to pay about the same for California oil as they'do for imports-or not that much less. Few buyers want the California crude even at slightly cheaper prices because it is "sour," high-sulfur oil. It is costlier to refine because it produces less gasoline and other clean fuels than Alaskan oil and higher-quality imports. Its primary end-product is a high-polluting residual fuel...
...step, he could impose some restrictions on Indonesian oil imports. But he is more likely to cut the entitlements fees further-perhaps as much as $3-giving the refiners more incentive to install the equipment needed to refine more sour crude into high-quality fuels...