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...Democratic-controlled House. Proposals to limit future cost of living increases in Social Security benefits, to abolish 17 federal programs and to increase military outlays 3% above the estimated rate of inflation will all come under fierce attack, which will be even sharper if the overall budget package cannot squeak through the G.O.P.-controlled Senate. "If we lose, we start the demolition derby," says Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole. Even if the broad budget package passes, he adds, "maybe it will be a demolition derby anyway...
Perhaps her most impressive victory this season was a come-from-behind three-set at Santa Barbara--a match the team needed to squeak out its 5-4 victory...
...tarnished, they remain significant as an expression of international cooperation and individual courage. We can only hope that the leaders of Russia, the U.S., and other nations, seeing that the Summer Olympics cannot be manipulated for significant political gain, will leave them alone. Meanwhile their sidekick, the Winter Olympics, squeak on by content in and saved by their own limitations. While they may never play on as grand a stage as their summer counterpart, the Winter Olympics may prove a much longer running show...
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Tuning in to Radio Free Grenada for an afternoon earful is usually about as much fun as listening to a hinge squeak. The broadcast, courtesy of the Marxist-led government of the minuscule Caribbean island (pop. 110,000), is chockablock with monologues about evil Yankee imperialists and the marvels of socialism. Not last week...