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...Governors who fell were victims of an electoral irony. The anger at politicians in Washington was felt more on the state level than on the national level. Throughout the 1980s, Reaganomics shifted much of the burden of government to the states -- whether for providing services or finding ways to pay for them. Incumbent members of Congress can hide from their responsibility for such steps, but sitting Governors cannot. As chief executives, they directly bear the blame for policies that affect the voters. That wrath accounts for the decisions by Connecticut's William O'Neill and Massachusetts' Michael Dukakis...
...Jewish settler in the West Bank, apparently in revenge. Bracing for further violence, Israel deployed reinforcements to guard roads, intersections and the homes of prominent Palestinian and left-wing Israeli politicians, who also came under Kahane's wrath. Said Miriam Cohen, a Kahane follower from Jerusalem: "The Arabs will pay for this with their lives. I don't care if hundreds...
...volume of consumer debt may be less burdensome than it appears, mostly because of the way it is structured. Consumers now stretch out their $ debt over more payments. Many car loans allow 60 months to pay, instead of the traditional 36 to 48 months. Credit-card holders can pay as little as 1.65% of their outstanding balance each month, while home-equity loans are drawn out to as much as 15 years. As a result, the portion of household income devoted to debt payments is roughly the same today...
...Trooper. Autoworker Bruce Boyd, 30, of Leonard, Mich., says his family has been trying to avoid using credit cards for the past several months. "I'm trying to tighten up just because of the world situation," says Boyd. "I am more conscious of it. I'd just as soon pay cash...
...second balcony; the Barrymore curse was a belief that nothing in life could approach the grand scale of the theater. In her youth, Ethel was so radiant that Winston Churchill begged her to marry him. "I was so in love with her!" he later confessed. "And she wouldn't pay any attention...