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Glenn. The astronaut hero wrote letters at Keating's request, seeking a delay in imposing restrictions on investments by savings institutions. He also attended the two meetings with the other Senators. But when he learned at the second session that criminal charges were being considered against Lincoln, he cut off most dealings with Keating. A notable exception: he set up a meeting % between Lincoln's chief and then House Speaker Jim Wright. Asked Bennett...
DeConcini. He was described as almost slavishly responsive to every request from Lincoln's boss, including joining the drive to get Gray fired and a Keating crony appointed to the bank board. He was Keating's main spokesman at both meetings with the other Senators and was the one who presented Keating's compromise offer to the examiners. He also telephoned a California state official to intercede on Lincoln's behalf. Asked Bennett: "Why is a U.S. Senator calling a state regulator...
...current Elektra artists (from Tracy Chapman to Metallica) polish up some tunes from Elektra's past and take them out for a Sunday drive. Surprise is constant on this 2-CD set, satisfaction frequent, and transcendence (as on Jackson Browne's version of First Girl I Loved) available on request...
...such stiff opposition, Kaifu was forced to retreat. He dropped the idea of sending soldiers, but to stem American criticism of Japan's inaction in the gulf, proposed creating a unit of nonmilitary personnel, similar to Scandinavian peacekeeping forces, which could be sent overseas in response to a U.N. request. Rallying public support for even this modified plan may be just as difficult. The poll found 54% opposed to the dispatch of anyone to a war zone...
...gulf conflict, and the hoped- for peace dividend began to fade. Budget summiteers made an implicit agreement not to wreak hardship on the military. In the end, the budget resolution set Pentagon spending for fiscal 1991 at $288.3 billion, a reduction of $19 billion from the President's request...