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...liberal Democrat. Americans clearly want action. A Harris poll in March found that 3 out of 4 voters back laws that would "lay down rules for the way business and other private organizations should deal with information [about individuals]." But the unusual right-left coalition in Congress may prove tenuous because, says Goldwater, "privacy is a subtle issue with no specific constituency. It will constantly get bogged down in political differences...
After 14 weeks and 61 formal sessions, the country's major parties had reached an agreement for a common program to reinforce Premier Giulio Andreotti's minority government. The Christian Democrats were relieved to have their tenuous hold on power strengthened, and the Communists were pleased because the deal gave them a formal voice in government policy for the first time in 30 years...
Begin won an initial vote of confidence in the 120-seat Knesset with a tenuous majority. He can count on the support of 63 members: 43 from his own Likud bloc, 16 from Israel's two right-wing religious parties, former General Ariel Sharon and a colleague who represent the conservative Shlomzion Party, new Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and one independent. Begin had hoped to build a sturdier and broader-based coalition by getting the support of the centrist, 15-member Democratic Movement for Change. Talks between the parties bogged down on foreign policy. To the dismay...
...disregard the tenuous and naive excuse for a plotline on which Sweet Adeline is hung, you should find this revival rewarding to look at and listen to; and you will find out what sort of escapist entertainment appealed to your parents or grandparents...
...along that the only reason these other people tolerated the rich kid was that his father built tanks. Paco's father didn't build tanks, and Paco wasn't sure he liked the idea of staking his future at Ropes and Gray on anything as shaky as his tenuous link to the military-industrial complex...