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...were having second thoughts about trying to get by with unrealistic cuts that would later be reversed. Congressman Leon Panetta of California, a member of the Budget Committee, telephoned Perkins in Kentucky to warn that the Republicans, as they had with the bipartisan budget resolution, might be able to sway enough conservative Democrats to pass their own budget plan. Democrats decided to reverse some of their cuts. Perkins called his committee Democrats into caucus and chose to restore $1.75 billion for such programs as school impact aid, student loans and Head Start preschool education centers. The committee offset that...
...loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean," wrote Mark Twain about Hawaii in 1908. Time has not altered that verdict. The palm trees still sway in the cool breezes, the Pacific surf still spills across powdery white beaches, and the scent of lei still perfumes the air. Yet amid its travel-brochure lushness, Hawaii is struggling to cope with a surge in crime, a slump in tourism and the social strains caused by two decades of rapid growth. Laments Honolulu Mayor Eileen Anderson: "We've lost the feeling of 'Aloha' for one another...
...fired a secretary for flattering him. He could be sparkling, open and warm. He could also be strident, bitter and neurotic. Fifteen years after his death, Frankfurter remains one of the most influential jurists of this century. Yet while serving on the U.S. Supreme Court, he increasingly failed to sway his colleagues. He was an early supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union and a defender of Sacco and Vanzetti. Yet, as a Justice, he spent 24 years vainly trying to halt the high court's historic expansion of individual rights...
...Utah's Governor Scott Matheson, also a foe of the MX roadway plan, the Air Force's favorite among 35 safeguarding options, called the Mormons' opposition to the deployment of the missile "an exceptional step for the church to take." He added, "I think it will sway public opinion. It's going to be pretty tough for the President to ignore this." Undoubtedly. Matheson, Utah's four-man congressional delegation and 70% of the state's population are Mormons...
...differences in deficit estimates are crucial, because they sway judgments on how big a tax cut the nation can afford. The Administration and backers of the Gramm-Latta resolution, which includes the first stage of Reagan's cherished proposal to slash income tax rates 30% over three years, predict a deficit of $31.4 billion in fiscal 1982. No, says Jones, the red-ink figure would be $42.6 billion-whereas, under the Democrats' proposal for a more modest tax cut, the deficit would be held to $24.7 billion...