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...local effort, CALC and Trans-Africa have effectively stopped the sale of Krugerrands. Capitalizing on local pressure surrounding the recent mayoral election, the two groups extracted pledges from both Harold Washington and Bernard Epton the two candidates for mayor--that after the election, all city funds would be withdrawn from any bank selling the South African made coins...
While Beineix was dodging or tossing custard pies in the main competition, three other directors-all women, all in their 30s-were earning praise outside it. Boat People by Ann Hui of Hong Kong was withdrawn from competition, reportedly at the insistence of the French government, which is seeking to solidify its relations with the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. The caution is understandable: this film, shot partly in mainland China, is a powerful piece of humanist propaganda about a family trying to escape Da Nang three years after the U.S. forces evacuated Viet...
Dukakis also said that he has withdrawn a $36 million budget request for 2,450 new state jobs to free funds for the loans. The specific funding would still require legislative approval, probably as a budget item, added Frank Keefe, secretary of administration and finance. Keefe could not be reached for further comment last night because he was meeting with legislative leaders...
While Pepper's critics contend that he exploited the Administration's hastily prepared and ruefully withdrawn initial proposals for cutting Social Security benefits, he is liked and respected by House colleagues of both parties. Last January he became chairman of the House Rules Committee, which can determine not only the timing of legislation but sometimes whether a bill comes to a vote at all. He reluctantly relinquished his chairmanship of the House Select Committee on Aging. "It was wrenching," he says. "Like choosing between a brother and a sister...
...order to thwart any prospect for broader peace talks. Apparently frustrated by Israeli intransigence, and perhaps to give King Hussein some timely encouragement, President Reagan said last week that the U.S. would continue to hold up delivery of 75 F-16 jet fighters to Israel until that country has withdrawn its troops from Lebanon...