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Dark Suit II: "Swell, R. J., I'll have my girl get in touch with your girl...
...tell it to and nothing you can do about it. Until you have to do something about it. And then you have to do it yourself. With no help; take this body and its dreaded power and rid it of its mistake; or go away and watch it swell and give birth to another parson you have to take care of, and never have a life of your own until it takes care of itself; or give it away and always wonder when you see kids on the sweet who look like you if it's yours or might have...
...ranks of the jobless continue to swell, the nation might produce a new brand of Solidarity with a Lech Walesa waiting in the wings...
Tactically, the new plan represents a victory for affirmative action as long as proponents of racial balancing continue to run the Review Under its new pro-affirmative action leadership, the Review could use the broadly stated policy to swell its staff with large numbers of minority students, whatever their qualifications. On the other hand, the Review could effectively have only the most token of affirmative action policies under the new arrangements. It all depends on how the leadership chooses to define "adequate" and "close...
...starting and continuing so many expensive weapons programs, the Administration is committing the U.S. to enormous outlays in future years that, if experience is any indication, will swell even beyond the huge costs already forecast. Says Colorado Democrat Gary Hart, a leader of the "military reformers" who support increased spending but tend to oppose systems that threaten to grow out of hand: "The Administration is like a python devouring a pig. It's just got the snout now, but when the whole pig is devoured, there will be a huge bulge...