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...Unless, that is, the President is willing to accept a tax increase, a step he has ferociously resisted in the past with the threat of a "make-my-day" veto. But with at least half of the budget effectively off limits to spending surgeons, even some Republicans in Congress believe that Reagan will have to compromise on this issue. As long as the President clings to his goals of a growing defense budget and protecting the safety-net social programs, says Domenici, "there will have to be some sort of tax enhancement." Possible candidates are a tax on oil imports...
...Unless Duvalier's new Cabinet moves quickly, foreign aid, which makes up a third of Haiti's $480 million annual budget, may also dry up. The U.S. is now in the process of examining Haiti's human rights record as a precondition to releasing $56 million in aid earmarked for the country. Duvalier's harsh response to the recent protests was a "giant step backward," says a U.S. diplomat in Port-au-Prince. In an effort to make amends, former Foreign Minister Jean-Robert Estimé traveled to Washington last month to meet with State Department officials. The Duvalier government promptly...
Viscount Althorp, brother of the Princess of Wales, says, "She's got a big, fat bottom." Her grandmother put on earplugs when she sang. Hardly the way to treat a lady. Unless she happens to be Lady (Helen) Teresa Margaret Manners, 23, daughter of Charles John Robert Manners, the tenth Duke of Rutland, and lead singer of the British aristo-rock band, the Business Connection. Despite the group's white-collar name, Lady Teresa's connections are strictly blue blood. Her father owns Belvoir Castle, one of Britain's most imposing homes; her 15-piece band includes the Marquess...
...Unless they buy tickets through a travel agency, passengers do not generally pay for their seats until they get on the plane. During the flight, attendants come down the aisle collecting fares. They accept cash, credit cards, traveler's checks, money orders and personal checks (if the passenger writes a credit card or passport number on the back...
...things divide directors from their audiences as abruptly as attempts to innovate the classics. Stage professionals often think about a text for decades, absorb observations from a dozen or more productions, and feel so weighty a burden of tradition that they see no value in reviving the play unless they can do something offbeat with it. Audiences, on the other hand, often find older texts hard to follow. They prefer a straight, uncomplicated rendering that delivers faithfully what the author intended. But it is often impossible to be sure what the author intended. In the case of William Shakespeare...