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...possible. "The Southern Africa conflict has just moved up a ratchet," said Peter Vale of the respected South African Institute of International Affairs in Johannesburg. Said the Rev. Desmond Tutu, the black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg: "One act merely provokes another, and we are probably getting into a spiral of violence we cannot stop...
...always vibrant, regardless of the date, and the characters are vividly drawn people with distinct, realistic personalities. All one could have asked for from the script is a longer third act: Priestley is a bit utilitarian, presenting episodes that neatly explain how the Conways' individual fortunes began their downward spiral, but are thin on the rich incidental action he writes so well...
...ranks and formally cut prices. British Petroleum's view suggests that a cut of more than $1 may be in the works for North Sea oil. Yet Nigeria has pledged to match any North Sea cut "cent for cent." Any such price war could set off a downward spiral...
...expected to cost about $75 billion, or 9.5% of all federal spending. And in five years, according to the Congressional Budget Office, that price tag is expected to climb 87%, to $142 billion, a rate twice that of all other federal spending. The chief causes of this upward spiral are longer life expectancies for Americans and medical-care costs that are rising 11% a year, nearly three times the rate of the Consumer Price Index...
Meese said Reagan's success in reducing federal spending and curtailing the inflationary spiral caused by previous administrations put him in a strong position for a 1984 candidacy...