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...Cantabs did a great job of stopping Diagle, holding her to nine points and eight rebounds. Forward Mary Jane Whitten picked up the slack with 13 points, but her nine for 17 free-throw performance hurt her squad...
...work out a consensus on the continuing resolution, the "compromise" between the House's $5.4 billion program and the Senate's $1.2 billion program turned out to be a Reagan-pleasing goose egg. Republican Congressman Silvio Conte of Massachusetts put the matter bluntly to Democratic Congressman Jamie Whitten of Mississippi. Said Conte: "Christ, Jamie, why make us go through this? We'll just get a veto and be right back here." At a private conference that evening, the Democrats decided it was futile to provoke a confrontation that would close down the Government...
...with Republican leaders and did not so much negotiate as tell them what the President would and would not accept. Moreover, Congress gave Reagan power within broad limits to take that $4 billion out of whichever programs he chose, over the anguished protest of House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jamie Whitten that "you might as well transfer full control to the Executive Branch and take the Legislative Branch out of business...
...recent study done at Johns Hopkins University showed that only 14% of teen-agers seek birth control advice before their first sexual encounter. For some girls, having an illegitimate baby is a sought-after sign of maturity. Says James Whitten, director of Harlem's Reality House: "They would prefer marriage, but if it doesn't happen, O.K., they want to show they accept responsibility." Others simply want a cuddly plaything. One pregnant 14-year-old said of course she knew how to care for her baby. "I'm going to dress it up real warm in little...
Late last week, Whitten scheduled a vote on the measure but abruptly cancelled the vote, citing committee members' apprehensions about setting a precedent for transfers when Contress is trying to curb federal budget expenditures...