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...Under a current law sponsored by state Rep. William Galvin (D-Boston), capacity limits for bars and restaurants are set by a formula based on the establishments' total floor area...
Unlike the current police chief, the commissioner would be a civilian who would not have had to come up through the department ranks to qualify for the job. Although the city created the post of police commissioner in the 1970s, it did not budget money for the job until last year...
...letter to RUS, Jewett expressed an unwillingness to alter fundamentally the current system for judging acquaintance rape cases. We are disappointed with this stance; we continue to believe a new administrative body could be far more effective. However, Jewett's evident sincerity in addressing this issue gives us hope that some solution--perhaps a radical reform of the Administrative Board's handling of acquaintance rape cases--could be worked...
...while both sides pronounced that the deal was the best that could be achieved in the current political climate, it was nothing to brag about. The compromise will slow but not arrest the tide of red ink that is washing over the nation. Even after the accord goes into effect, the deficit for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1 is expected to soar to $254 billion, not counting the estimated $1 billion a month the government is spending on its military forces in the Persian Gulf. Every citizen's share of the $3 trillion national debt will rise...
...right-wing Conservative Party is also stalling reform and has refused to accept De Klerk's invitation to participate in the talks. The party's current preoccupation, in fact, is an internal debate over whether to launch a civil- disobedience campaign against the government. Conservative pressure won't derail the reform process, but it could force De Klerk to act even more cautiously to preserve his white base of support...