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ACTING is falsehood. Or so it is in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, in which a love-entangled quarter of theater people, so used to faking emotions on stage, cannot feel emotions off stage. They resort to biting wordplay that is done to the hilt in the polished but ultimately sterile Winthrop production...
...economicaid to the region. Argues that the problems inMexico are more important to the U.S. than thosein Nicaragua. DEFICIT: Proposes to freezedefense spending to reduce the deficit. Says arevenue enforcement program will bring billions ofdollars back to the government, but does not ruleout raising taxes as a last resort. Agasinst anoil import fee. EDUCATION: Says the federalgovernment must offer scholarship incentives forcollege students to enter the teaching field.Would freeze current cut-backs on Pell Grants andcollege work loans. TAXES: Proposes, afive-year revenue enforcement plan to catchdelinquent tax payers, but does not rule out thepossibility of raising taxes to balance...
...research butopposes deployment. Against nuclear testing andchemical weapons. CENTRAL AMERICA: Opposesmilitary aid to the contras but supportshumanitarian aid. Supports Arias plan.DEFICIT: In favor of a balanced budgetamendment. Will not cut defense spending, but willcut unnecessary programs and waste in the defensedepartment. Would impose a progressive tax as alast resort. EDUCATION: Calls for morestudent loans and a longer school year. Saysfederal government should fund at least 10 percentof national education expenditures. TAXES:Would support luxury tax and increase tax oninherited stock. May consider an import tax.TRADE: Opposes Gephardt amendment. Againstprotectionist policies except in extreme cases ofunfair practices...
Among the people Gabriel knows is Manuel Salcido Uzeta, better known as "Cochi Loco" (Crazy Pig), a ruthless trafficker who owns hotels and restaurants in the resort city of Mazatlan. Once, says Gabriel, three guests at a local wedding reception annoyed Salcido. The drug lord ordered his gunmen to shoot them down. While Mexican law-enforcement officials say they cannot find him now, Mazatlan residents say they see him often, calmly eating breakfast or moving about with carloads of police bodyguards...
...same can be said of attempts at interdiction. For each shipment discovered in such transit countries as Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras, several others coast through. Yet U.S. officials nonetheless believe that if drug dealers feel pressured, they may resort to riskier routes and contacts, making their organizations more vulnerable to penetration...