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Shannon wants to strengthen the attorney general's role in consumer protection. "He wants a more addressive approach to environmental pollutors, by criminally prosecuting them whenever possible, said Collins...
Robinson, 60, of Melrose said he believes the most important tasks of the auditor are to help implement the tax cap approved last week by the Legislature, oversee the vendors and contractors who sell their goods and services to the state, and strengthen the Division of Local Mandates...
...significant portion of their large, hydra-headed ICBMs, including their notorious "heavy" SS-18s. Those are the most worrisome of the missiles in their arsenal, since they have the combination of accuracy, speed and destructive capability to carry out a sneak attack. Numerical reductions alone do not necessarily strengthen the nuclear peace. What is important about the outcome at Reykjavik is not so much the dramatic-sounding goal of a 50% cut across the board, which would probably prove illusory in a final agreement, but the Soviets' implicit admission that heavy ICBMs undermine the stability of the superpower balance...
...move that may strengthen Coca-Cola in its never-ending battle with PepsiCo for soft-drink supremacy. Coke intends to sell to the public 51% of the stock in Coca-Cola Enterprises, a mammoth group (estimated 1986 revenues: $3.2 billion) of bottling and canning operations that have been spun off from the parent company. This initial stock offering, which will be the largest in U.S. history, will raise up to $1.7 billion...
Howe said Britain will "maintain and strengthen" visa restrictions on visiting Syrians...