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...agony of the political system," says Alexei Yablokov, a senior presidential aide. "I think Yeltsin will choose a new constitution with a new parliament. It's the only way." The sides may come to a tentative agreement about holding elections this year, ahead of schedule, but stall them by continuing to disagree over whether to rewrite the constitution...
After a spurt of optimism following the election, U.S. consumer confidence, as measured by the New York City-based Conference Board, has dropped for three straight months. Experts fear that unless the numbers turn around the economic recovery could stall...
...painful side effects like 2,500% annual inflation, a 19% drop in gross domestic product last year and the threat of vastly increased unemployment are more than the Russian people can bear. Since December, the parliament, led by Khasbulatov, has been hacking away at Yeltsin's powers, determined to stall or divert the President's efforts to turn Russia's subsidized, militarized economy into a free market. One form of unemployment the Deputies particularly oppose is their own; they have no enthusiasm for new elections in which they might lose their seats...
...MUCH HAVE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS had to do with the decline in union membership to 16% of the work force, the lowest in 50 years? Plenty, say labor leaders: unfriendly Administrations have enabled employers to stall off union- representation elections for years and even break strikes. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich now proposes to change all that. Meeting with the AFL-CIO executive council in Bal Harbour, Florida, Reich repledged Bill Clinton's support for a law to prohibit employers from hiring permanent replacements for striking workers (the certainty of a George Bush veto long kept the Democratic majorities in Congress...
...public announcement in order to justify not releasing the Tailhook findings. The unreleased report on drunken aviators molesting women at the 1991 Tailhook Association convention is devastating: it's expected to recommend courts-martial for at least 12 senior Navy officers. Pentagon officials (with White House blessing) want to stall the findings until after March 23 -- when the defense budget goes to Congress...