Word: problems
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...Senate." There was also some talk of drafting Washington Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson to give the ticket conservative balance. Of the choices, Muskie might be the most attractive because he has broad appeal and would not have to support the Carter Administration on the campaign trail-an unenviable problem that would confront Mondale...
...over her Rumanian teammates like an icy queen. She was tied for first place after the compulsory exercises. In the optionals, she opened on the balance beam, dazzling the crowd with what seemed to be a flawless routine. Her score was slow in being posted because of a computer problem. After seven minutes she was awarded a disappointing 9.9, which drew a volley of whistles and catcalls. The Rumanian among the six judges was nearly apoplectic, as was Comaneci's coach, who lodged an unsuccessful protest...
...problem," a friend of mine said just before I left for Moscow, "is what country-with the U.S. out because of the boycott-you're going to root...
...William Armstrong of Colorado has proposed indexing federal income taxes. He and others maintain that inflation is pushing people into tax categories originally intended for only the superrich. Americans will pay $14 billion more in federal taxes this year solely because of inflation-induced salary increases. Says Armstrong: "The problem now is that the recipients of federal money are all indexed, while the people paying the taxes are not. If there's no possibility to deindex recipients, then it's only fair that we protect taxpayers through an indexation of taxes...
...planning Disneyland, which opened in 1955, Walt Disney solved the problem in a novel way. He lined his idealized Main Street, U.S.A., through which all visitors must pass before getting to Tomorrowland or Frontierland, with Chinese elms. They are not quite look-alikes of their American cousins, but do grow in balmy Southern California. More important, they resist Dutch elm disease...