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...have the increases in violent crime over the years contributed to a tougher mood in the country...
...trim about $1.3 billion out of intelligence appropriations this year only to see almost that much blown away in the accident. Even before the explosion happened, CIA Director Jim Woolsey wanted $1 billion added to the $27.5 billion intelligence budget for 1994, but that will now be a tougher sell in Congress -- the extra money is earmarked for more space equipment...
...Boston Globe's Alice Dembner tried a tougher tactic. She grilled the reporter. Did you know Lee personally? "No." How did you find out where he is? "Not telling." Did you find him credible? "C'mon Ms. Dembner, you know I can't talk about that...
Under pressure from conservative opponents to take a tougher stand on the ethnic Russian question, Boris Yeltsin bluntly warned the Estonians not to misinterpret "Russia's goodwill." Moscow, he pointed out, had "ways of reminding them" of geopolitical realities. The Kremlin has already put the withdrawal of former Soviet forces from Estonia on hold to protest local mistreatment of Russians...
...perfect end to the perfect season," coach Steve Gladstone told the AP. "But it could hardly have been tougher...