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...Supports CLT petition as a tool to force the state legislature to cut spending, although he has promised the tax rollback will not affect aid to cities and towns. Has proposed a comprehensive proposal to cut over $1 billion in funds by restructuring the state health care system, aggressively pursuing defaulters on state loans and cutting most of the 10,000 state jobs added under Dukakis...
...magazine is not just about university life, but about economy and other social issues as well," said Saef. "We want it to be a teaching tool for students...
...Sununu prevents Bush from hearing frank counsel from savvier advisers on domestic policy, which hampered the White House's ability to handle the budget crisis. The problem isn't access; Bush still sees many domestic advisers. But Sununu has most of them scared to disagree with him. One Sununu tool is aide Ed Rogers, who spends much of his time wielding a yellow highlighting pen, marking up articles critical of his boss and guessing the identities of the reporter's sources. Sununu then harasses the hapless suspects...
...ties to Marcos. In another transaction, a Marcos crony lent Hamilton $6 million, including $4 million that was secured by the actor's Beverly Hills estate. Hamilton later sold the home to a buyer close to Marcos. While Hamilton's lawyer conceded that his client may have been a "tool for someone," he argued that the actor "would not knowingly participate in any transaction that has any taint...
...economically weaker countries of southern Europe -- Greece, Spain, Portugal -- also have reservations. Their principal fear is that once a single currency is created, they would lose the power to devalue their money, a useful tool for boosting exports and dealing with trade deficits...