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Upstate Republicans were wary of laying out so much state money, but they were not overtly hostile. Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson was impressed by the consensus behind the plan. "Beame is completely on board," he said. "He should have been there three months ago. It would have saved us a lot of time and trouble...
...militant American Indian Movement. With his hair in braids, he has preached a return to traditional Indian ways, including the ancient religions and methods of education. He wants Indian tribes to abandon their white-imposed system of elections and revert to a selection of chiefs by a kind of consensus of medicine men and district leaders...
...safety" that was to endure, more or less intact, for 40 years. It was a supremely conservative document, reflecting its signatories' belief that aristocratic authority would ensure stability, and that the then radical ideas about liberalism, democracy and nationalism would lead inevitably to chaos. It was that conservative consensus that enabled Metternich and company to subordinate their differences in creating what they and later generations called the "Concert of Europe." At Helsinki, by contrast, there will clearly be no such consensus and thus, in all likelihood, no agreement as binding or enduring as the one signed in Vienna...
However the battle comes out, oil prices are certain to rise substantially, and the increase will have the same effect on the economy as a big new tax boost would. There is a growing consensus among Republicans and Democrats that some sort of new tax cuts will be needed to cushion the oil shock and keep the economy rising. Says Economist Arthur Okun: "It is crucial that oil prices do not drain real consumer purchasing power...
...Congress has seemed capable of achieving consensus only on minor energy measures. Last week, in an unusual display of unanimity, the Senate voted 91 to 0 to build up a three-month national reserve of oil by storehousing supplies in salt domes, idle tankers and even abandoned mines-a sound precaution but hardly a basic solution. By an impressive margin of 391 to 20, the House decided to allow commercial oil drilling in the Elk Hills, Buena Vista and Teapot Dome reserves, which have been husbanded for emergency military use. But two of the fields are small and already partially...