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...waiting for the election." In Congress, the Senators and Representatives who reconvened last week are likely to ignore their own command, expressed in the budget resolution they passed in June, to raise $73 billion in new revenue during the next three fiscal years. Any bill to increase taxes, says Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the Democratic-controlled House, "would have to come from the President or the Republican Party." As O'Neill well knows, the chances of that are zero. "Tip's point is that if the President is not willing to deal with this, he-Tip...
...gruesome murder and a lucky tip, a pretty American victim and a jet-setting suspect from a dazzlingly wealthy British family. The case could have been a thriller co-written by Agatha Christie and Evelyn Waugh. It began three weeks ago when a motorist in a lonely part of Exeter Forest stumbled upon a headless, bullet-ridden, badly decomposed corpse. Police eventually determined that the victim's beige cotton T shirt had been made in Morocco and her pink polyester shorts purchased in San Francisco. Then they received a call from an informed source suggesting that those clothes might...
...recently that 10 Vermont youngsters were running a child prostitution ring, reaction was mixed. "Gross" is the most common response, but it is a "Gross" tinged with respect: Every child has money-making schemes, but these kids actually went through with theirs. And successfully: if not for an anonymous tip, which led to a month-long police investigation, the ring might still be going...
...pilot sees the steady beacons of 007: a red light on the left wing tip, a green one on the right, and a white position light on the tail. The blinding strobes, typically used to enhance visibility on airways, blink brightly from either wing...
...accused of being too liberal, announced her intention to resign more than a year ago, but political wrangling delayed the selection of her successor. Rivlin endorsed Penner, as did the chairmen of the two congressional budget committees, Republican Senator Pete Domenici and Democratic Representative James Jones. But House Speaker Tip O'Neill attempted to block the choice, preferring a liberal Democrat for the job. Ironically, Penner's calls for tax increases have been putting him at odds with White House policy and rankling a few congressional Republicans. After Penner advocated higher taxes at an American Enterprise Institute luncheon...