Word: controller
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...Flaherty's 24 years of experience in the State House, odds are that the happy days of Nutsy Fagan's Democratic legislature will seem far away. But fellow legislators and state government observers say they think Flaherty has what it takes to assert a progressive agenda while keeping tight control of the House...
...sunflower oil. Prices, though, are staggering. The average annual income of Soviets is only 250 rubles, and so few can afford the luxury of tomatoes at 10 rubles for about two pounds, or beef at 30 rubles a cut. Peasants gripe that free markets in Moscow are under the control of black- marketeering middlemen from the Caucasian republics who are deliberately limiting supplies to keep prices high. Managers of state-run shops also hold back scarce goods from open sale and make a hefty profit by selling them out the back door...
...quarterback Phil Simms, 35, is having the best year of his 11-year career, leading all quarterbacks, Montana included, in pass efficiency (a calculation based on completions, yards gained and numbers of touchdowns and interceptions). Simms presides over a varied offense that sets up his passing game with ball control on the ground. Defenders face bruising off-tackle smashes by 12-year veteran running back Ottis Anderson (who seeks to become the first N.F.L. player to gain 1,000 yds. in each of three decades) and sweeps and quick openers by jackrabbit Dave Meggett, who can also turn short passes...
...campaign against Saddam must be a United Nations Security Council resolution approving the use of military force if necessary to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. And it plans to push through such a resolution this week, while American delegate Thomas Pickering is president of the Security Council and in control of its agenda (under the council's system of monthly rotation, Pickering will step down after Friday, Nov. 30). Rounding up support for that resolution was the focus of intense American diplomatic efforts last week, including talks by President Bush with other government leaders at the 34-nation Conference...
...signs point to Bob Martinez as the White House choice to succeed William Bennett as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Two things make Martinez a natural for the job. One is his reputation as a hard-line antidrug warrior during his single term as Governor of Florida; the other is his connections at the White House...