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...that the administration has finally decided to try to control the wastefulness of military spending, the new emphasis on limiting the contractors is probably just a reaction to the fading public faith in the new arms race. Both the President and his military advisors rely on polls, and the ten-year low in Americans who want a buildup has surely affected policy decisions. And, as one contractor complained, the crackdown on wastefulness actually seems to be a ploy to regain support for the overall escalation: "The Administration is out to show that it's being tough with...
Last week the U.S. Treasury Department unveiled a new, potentially higher-yielding certificate designed to help lure savers back to bonds. The new bonds, offered in denominations of $50 or more, will have ten-year maturities and pay interest at a floating rate with a floor that guarantees investors a minimum of 7.5% annually if held for at least five years. Higher rates will be paid if the yields on the Government's Treasury bonds and notes rise during the period. Though savers will not know for at least five years just how much more than 7.5% annually they...
...with covering up the crime. Jimmy will be tried separately later. The final defendant was to have been the youngest Chagra brother, Joseph, 35, an El Paso lawyer. But last month he agreed to plead guilty to the murder-conspiracy charge and testify against Harrelson in return for a ten-year maximum sentence and the right not to testify against his brother...
...ten-year struggle teaches American women the art of politics...
...press conference was called to admit defeat, to say that the ten-year drive to win ratification for the Equal Rights Amendment was over. But Eleanor Smeal, president of the National Organization for Women, which led the push for the ERA, still had fire in her eyes, like a boxer who felt robbed by the judges and was demanding a rematch. "It's been a long and tough fight," she said. "The forces against equality are large. But support for the ERA is overwhelming. The campaign is not over. We know that we are the wave of the future...