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...conceded a top Senate Democrat. "Don't forget, most Americans agree with him." Though troubling to some Republicans, even allegations that Bolton has a tendency to exaggerate intelligence to suit his ideological preconceptions--and intimidate analysts who challenge him--did not seem enough to persuade them to risk the wrath of the Bush White House by opposing...
...ultimately, there are ways of sharing files that are relatively safe from the wrath of the music industry’s lawyers; even if the RIAA and MPAA shut down every existing avenue there will be four more tomorrow. Where there’s a significant market—about 60 million people in America share files, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation—there’s a way. Of course, this largely misses the point. The RIAA, with its army of lawyers, is slowly but surely poisoning the well from which it drinks; by suing their clients?...
...other Senate Republicans, Majority Leader Robert Dole on Friday had publicly attacked the White House for "surrendering to the deficit" by dropping its support for the Senate's plan to freeze Social Security benefits for one year. Dole's remark, quoted in the Saturday-morning papers, stirred Reagan's wrath as he lay in bed only two hours away from surgery. He adamantly insisted to Regan that the Senate majority leader, and the public, be disabused of the notion that the White House was caving in. The chief of staff later called Dole to express the President's unhappiness with...
Coke's 500 U.S. bottlers felt the wrath of consumers most directly. The bottlers, who are mainly independent businessmen, take syrup sold by the company, mix it with carbonated water, and ship the finished product to stores and other vendors. They are thus the brand's local distributors. Some recalled being stopped on the street in recent weeks by angry and argumentative Coke drinkers. "The consumer resented the fact that we put a flavor out there and said. 'This is what you're going to like,' " observed Frank Barren, corporate secretary of Rome Coca-Cola Bottling in Georgia...
Tensions lingered between Republican Senators and the White House over Social Security cost of living adjustments. Majority Leader Robert Dole and Senate Budget Chairman Pete Domenici had persuaded their colleagues to tempt the wrath of constituents by proposing a one-year freeze on COLAs. Three weeks ago, Reagan withdrew his support for the freeze, and angry Senators took it as a double cross. White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan further enraged Dole by accusing the lawmakers of shying away from the deficit crisis. "They are afraid to come to grips with it," Regan said. Last week the chief...