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Drafts of the proposal probably will be distributed to students by a door drop, Jewett said. His committee will not organize information sessions about the plan, but a member of the drafting group will come to house committee or Undergraduate Council meetings upon request, he said...
Congress last year approved a request by Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole for funds to add 1,000 new controllers over two years. Dole claims, with little support, that the "system was way overstaffed before the strike" and that new "air-flow" procedures have made it possible for fewer controllers to handle more flights safely...
...Orleans had been an early favorite. It has a wealth of new hotels stretching from the Superdome to the French Quarter, a redeveloped riverfront, and is seen by many as the best place to party. But its request for a delay may have hurt its chances. "If they can't get it together for one lousy little weekend," complained one committee member, "how are they going to pull off a convention?" The rival cities couldn't have been more pleased...
...past few years, Congress is likely to reduce the President's defense request and insist on fewer cuts in social programs. Since the Democrats have taken control of the Senate and already command the House, Reagan will find it more difficult than ever to get a budget that even remotely resembles his original plan. Though James Miller, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, maintains that the President's budget is "eminently doable," critics are labeling it "dead on departure...
...greater risk. Without smaller machines, argues Alan Isley, president of the industry's trade group, "parents will ride double with their children or allow their kids to ride the adult machines -- both very dangerous practices." The American Academy of Pediatrics has a different criticism of the nonbinding CPSC request. Last November it called for an outright ban of ATVs for those under age 16. "For crying out loud," says Dr. Joseph Greensher, who chaired the A.A.P.'s study committee. "If the product is bad enough to tell the manufacturers not to sell them, why allow them to remain...