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...values can only be measured by the size of the federal budget, then there is nothing left to devastate, and, except for Capitol Hill, the nation seems to realize this American have votes overwhelmingly against more taxes and in favor of well-chosen spending cuts. But, at a time of fiscal crisis and special-interest panic, Congress has simply abdicated this responsibility. By delaying, pressuring, filibustering, making deals and payoffs, our representatives have proven that attachments to their pet interests supercede national and long-term concerns. While some may argue that out of the Congressional chaos comes a budget truly...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Getting to No You | 7/26/1985 | See Source »

...part NBC movie is about to take viewers through the fascinating mystery. With meticulous direction by David Greene (Friendly Fire) and a well-chosen cast headed by Gary Cole as MacDonald and Karl Maiden as his avenging inlaw, the four-hour drama is absorbing from beginning to end. But this time around, the long voyage of discovery has acquired some dubious shortcuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Long Voyage | 11/19/1984 | See Source »

...Games. "Quality, not quantity this time." Rumanian women blitzed the rowing events, for instance, winning five of six gold and taking the silver in the sixth. Such concentration of talent reflects a national policy of channeling the best coaching, the brightest prospects and the most money into a few well-chosen events, notably gymnastics, rowing, weight lifting, wrestling and, more recently, track and field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Rise of an East Bloc Maverick | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...most universities of Harvard's size or larger a well-chosen search committee, usually containing administrators, faculty and perhaps even students, would sift through potential candidates. While the president may chair the committee, as he does at Yale and Brown, at some places the panel has significant power...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Keeping to Himself | 4/21/1984 | See Source »

...have done something to avoid having to dub in Clouseau's voice, for the two times he does so are occasions for wincing. But in general, the disappearance is foreshadowed well by shots of Clouseau's enemies scheming, and followed up on briskly by the commencement of Jouvet's search for the missing detective. In spite of the inspector's absence, the action moves quickly, thanks to well-chosen flashbacks...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Back on the Trail | 1/13/1983 | See Source »

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