Word: warns
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...billion to $311.6 billion. Furthermore, the Congressional Budget Office calculated that the President's defense budget underestimates its true cost by $14.5 billion. Most Congressmen believe that in the end the President will be lucky to hold next year's defense spending at this year's level, and some warn of defense cuts of up to $50 billion. In his televised response to the President's address, House Democratic Majority Leader Jim Wright argued that limiting defense spending would be necessary since budget deficits "themselves pose a danger to our national security." Even some members of the President...
...also contributed to Chun's new approach. One of his highest priorities is to avoid embarrassing political run-ins before--and during--the 1988 Olympics. A picture of harmony will, among other things, encourage foreign investors to look seriously at South Korea. Moreover, as Chun is always quick to warn, instability only encourages aggressive behavior by North Korea. Declared Chun: "Dividing national consensus at this juncture with a signature-collection campaign may invite North Korea's (military) misjudgment...
...EVIL FLOURISH in our society where we give it the soil to grow. But once the evil is gone will we have to reinvent it to remind ourselves what we should not do? Should we reprint racist remarks to warn what we might revert to? And when racism was a more apparent problem than it is today, should we not have protested against it? Perhaps we are silly and being laughed at, accused of being prudes but think of the standards you apply when you laugh and try to wonder whether you can rationalize away sensitivity...
...weapons. Though Congress approved $27 million in "humanitarian aid" to the contras last year, "we have to do more," Reagan told a delegation of congressional leaders at the White House last week. "You can't fight attack helicopters piloted by Cubans with Band-Aids and mosquito nets." Administration officials warn that the contras are getting bogged down and that without a quick transfusion of money and weapons, may not be around "to fight another...
...service bulletins were transmitted reporting the collapse of the government of President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier. If the announcement caused a stir in newsrooms across the country, it probably did not compare with the reaction at the Department of State. Within moments, officials appeared in the pressroom to warn reporters that Washington had no confirmation of Duvalier's fall. The official disclaimer came at 1:45 p.m. at the daily State Department press briefing. "As of now," Spokesman Bernard Kalb said, "our information is that there has been no change of government." Kalb apologized for delaying the briefing...