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...Senate ethics committee were almost as historic. Never before had five Senators faced the judgment of their peers in such a public tribunal. Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler-dealer Charles Keating, the five were fighting to regain reputations earned in a lifetime of public service. Their common challenge, as described in the gravel tones of committee chairman Howell Heflin of Alabama, was to erase the perception that "your services were bought by Charles Keating, that you were bribed, that you sold your office...
...they will be unable to avoid some of the blame for the defeats. Even though the election hardly represented a Democratic landslide, the returns do not bode well for Bush. Says former Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss, who is by no means certain that his own party can regain the White House in 1992: "I think he's in deep trouble. You don't recover from the kind of wounds he's suffered in the past few months...
...risky gambit for the normally cautious Bush, but, as one White House official put it, "When you're this far behind, you have to take some chances." Bush desperately needed to regain the initiative following his flounder flops on taxes during the budget talks, which drove his poll ratings down more than 20 points and moved many G.O.P. candidates to split with him publicly. Worst of all, Bush's credibility was slipping. In an unpublished portion of a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, voters were asked "Is George Bush honest, a person you can trust?" Only 52% said...
...depriving local residents of affordable transportation choices and hurting regional economies by choking off business travel. Says Christopher Witkowski, executive director of the Washington-based Aviation Consumer Action Project: "Passengers will be paying more for service that is of a decreasing quality." In the long run, the industry will regain its strength. Boeing chairman Frank Shrontz, who enjoys a bird's-eye view of the business, maintains that passenger-traffic growth will average 5% or more for the next 15 years. The bulk of that growth, though, is likely to be carried by the Big Four...
...government's assault on the miners seems to be working. Since May, gold production in the area has dropped almost 70%, and many local dealers have closed their operations. Moreover, the Yanomami are starting to regain their health. In Paapiu village, for example, where the malaria infection rate surged from zero to 90% after the garimpeiros came, only 10% of the Indians are now affected...