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Many CCA leaders agree that condo owners are likely to swell their ranks--some hint that may be one reason the group, which has strongly favored rent control, has been less fervent in its efforts to halt condominium conversion. But should it gain many fiscally conservative members, the CCA could change dramatically, just as it swung to the left in recent years. Municipal spending and its effect on city tax rates will dominate city politics during this decade, along with the older issues of preserving ethnic and income diversity in the city, and tailoring development to meet the needs...
...rendition of Sondheim's more recent "Losing My Mind," After Hours becomes simply a musical recital. Nothing happens onstage, and the tunes lose the original meanings they conveyed as a part of the musicals McIntosh lifts them from. The women's solos work better. Kathy Teague's lively "Thou Swell" and Nancy Cotten's energetic "Nobody Makes a Pass at Me," with typically American lyrics and ideas, capture best the spirit of these musicals...
...this year is expected to total more than $1 billion. Since it is invested in stocks, bonds and other securities, the fund could prove even more profitable than expected, and future legislatures might increase the $50-a-year formula. Oil price increases could also continue to swell the fund. While most Americans complain bitterly every time OPEC members raise prices, Alaskans have reason to applaud. With the price of domestic oil now decontrolled, Alaskan crude can rise to the world level; thus the state's royalties will grow with each foreign price hike...
...fastest-growing portion of the budget, the major "entitlement" programs-Social Security, veterans' benefits, unemployment compensation -which are considered politically sacrosanct. Nor will the spending reductions by themselves balance the budget. If Congress and the Administration proceeded on the January plan, the $15.8 billion deficit originally estimated would swell to $25 billion or even $30 billion, according to estimates of the Congressional Budget Office. Main reason: inflation is raising the bills that the Government pays...
Labor negotiations for a new three-year contract are now under way in Pittsburgh, and they will shape the industry's labor costs for the early 1980s. The 450,000 steelworkers are among the highest-paid American industrial laborers; their hourly wages average $10.59, and bene fits swell the total to $16.80. The United Steelworkers' high priority now, says President Lloyd McBride, is to win better pensions for their 250,000 retirees. Equally important is preserving jobs; in the past 20 years, more than 100,000 jobs have been lost because of plant shutdowns. Thus the union does...