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...stiff hike up the hill from the Red Dog, nobody in the state capitol building sees anything to chuckle about. When Steve Cowper, the new Governor of the largest state in the union, looks out his third-floor window, his horizon does not stretch far enough to see another boom, or even a boomlet. What he sees is a budget deficit of $882 million and diminished prospects for the state's heretofore pampered citizens. A man who favors cowboy boots and long silences, Cowper says sardonically, "It's a four-year term unless they burn me out of the mansion...
...somewhat misleadingly named Boston Beer Co. sells Samuel Adams, a good, chewy boutique lager that yuppies buy for nearly $7 a six-pack on payday, but the stuff is made in Pittsburgh. To the north, Maine Coast Brewing sells a tart, beer-flavored beer called Portland Lager at a stiff $5.35 a pack, but despite the sea gull, lighthouse and sailing ship on its label, Portland is made by a brewery in Eau Claire...
...strengthen economic and political . sanctions against South Africa. That was not what the Reagan Administration had expected to hear from its own committee. The White House set up the twelve-member panel of specialists from business, diplomacy, labor and politics last November in hopes of deflecting congressional pressure for stiff sanctions. Now nine members of the group, including former IBM Chairman Frank Cary and onetime Transportation Secretary William Coleman Jr., indicated in a 72-page report that the Administration's policy of constructive engagement with South Africa has turned out to be ineffective. They said only stronger economic and political...
...pretty stiff on the court," Keller said. "We were sleepwalking on the court. By the third game, it was hard to get psyched up. We were annoyed at ourselves...
There is something new in the lingerie departments of the nation's clothing stores these days: racks and racks of short, stiff crinolines flaring out into the aisles. By spring they will be bobbing along the streets, impeding entry into buses and buildings and providing the most radical change in silhouette since the mini and the maxi. Does a woman in the '80s really want to look like a Frisbee? Does she care to be the focus of frank stares every time she sits down? Where on earth, in this era of female liberation and utilitarian dress, did these saucy...