Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Laxalt is moving swiftly to solve a more immediate problem: how his role would coexist or clash with that of the G.O.P. leadership in Congress. Says Laxalt: "I've made it very clear that I don't want to interfere with the prerogatives of leadership at all. There's no way I can be the point man on legislation...
...climb nationwide: in 1979, according to FBI statistics, the overall rate of serious crime (murder, robbery, forcible rape and theft) jumped 9% over 1978, and for the first six months of 1980 it rose by 10% over the same period last year. But southern Florida has a special problem. In Miami overall crime jumped 21% during the first half of 1980 over 1979 figures; the murder rate alone soared 70%, from 134 in all of 1979 to 201 so far this year. Says Miami Beach Commissioner Alex Daoud: "An absolute war is being fought in our streets at night...
...Israel may bring in a new and more flexible government headed by the Labor Party. Earlier this month, Israeli Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres, former Foreign Minister Abba Eban and former Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev visited Cairo to take part in a symposium on the Palestinian problem sponsored by the Egyptian magazine October. Sadat took the opportunity to meet with the Israelis and discuss their mutual concerns...
Much of the problem lies with high interest rates. While many Wall Street bulls are betting that rates have just about peaked, others believe that the cost of money will go even higher. The Federal Reserve Board fueled those fears late last week when it boosted the discount rate, the interest it charges on loans to member banks, from 11% to 12%, and tacked on an additional 2% surcharge for especially big bank borrowers. A number of Fed watchers believe that the central bank plans to work hard at least through Jan. 20 to rein in the money supply, whose...
Model Housewife Pat Kramer has this itty-bitty problem. She is shrinking. Perhaps because of prolonged exposure to hundreds of household chemicals, Pat is growing smaller day by day-even as she continues to shop for the family groceries, scour bathtub rings and battle waxy buildup. "She's the kind of person who is going to make the best of it," explains Comedian Lily Tomlin, who plays Kramer in The Incredible Shrinking Woman, a film due for release in January. The sets, says Tomlin, include "a life-size kitchen, one for when I am 3-ft. tall, a huge...