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President Clinton today demanded immediate congressional action on his anti-terrorism package, despite GOP warnings that a controversial FBI promotion could stall it. "It needs to pass and pass now," Clinton said. "Nothing can justify turning this bill into a political football." He was referring to a suggestion made Sunday by House Speaker Newt Gingrich that Attorney General Janet Reno's nomination of Larry Potts as FBI deputy director "will further slow down the terrorist legislation and will mean even greater concern over civil liberties, which I don't think is inappropriate." Potts oversaw the 1993 siege at theBranch Davidian...
...free throws by Cambridge's Swayne Blackmon left the score at 74-72, when South Boston went into a stall, holding the ball for nearly one minute. The teams then quickly traded baskets before Rindge and Latin fouled Mack with 12 seconds remaining, sending him to the free throw line...
Interesting "on-the-job" tales: We used to go out to coffee shops during the actual funeral mass, and one time the funeral director ordered some extravagant omelette, so we were late getting back to a funeral--so the priest actually had to stall during the service...
RUTH STAFFORD HAD BIG PLANS THIS year for Kiva Container Corp., a fast-growing maker of corrugated packing boxes whose sales jumped 15% in 1994. But when business began to stall in recent weeks, Stafford had to think again. She put off spending $500,000 on new equipment and adding nine workers to her payroll of 60. "Our customers are reluctant to buy boxes because they are beginning to see their own orders slow,'' says Stafford, president of the Phoenix, Arizona, company. "And that's a big change from what we had been seeing...
...Suffolk County judge's ruling yesterday could stall the abolition of Cambridge's rent control laws, which is currently scheduled for January...