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...deep depression, enjoy perennial clout on Capitol Hill, but Reagan wants to cut the farm budget by several billion during the next five years. The Administration seeks to cut target farm prices, which determine the size of subsidies, by 10% a year. It would also like to toughen up the rules on maximum payments to ensure that the bulk of the aid goes to farmers who need it most. Says OMB Chief Miller, alluding to the movie Country: "A lot of money goes to people who are not Jessica Lange on the farm...
...Safe Roads Act, if approved by the Senate and governor, would toughen the existing laws on drunk driving, which went into effect...
Barnala, who has been criticized for being too lenient with the militants, had already indicated that he might be forced to toughen his policies toward them. "The time has perhaps come when more stern steps will be needed to tackle the problem," he said. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi urged all parties in the state to unite behind Barnala and dispatched two top aides to advise the beleaguered state leader...
With the squad's next meet not until February, Cicchetti thinks the Crimson can "toughen up" and improve on its 4-3 record...
American business leaders have been urged to toughen up, to partake of power breakfasts, to dress only for success. Now along comes Letitia Baldrige's Complete Guide to Executive Manners (Rawson Associates; $22.95) telling them to be polite. Good manners constitute good business, Baldrige argues. Her model executive is gracious and considerate. When he fires a subordinate, he breaks the news compassionately; when he loses a job, he leaves the firm quickly and quietly. He exhibits an old-fashioned virtue: good manners...