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Cornell swamped Brown, 34-7, in Ithaca, N.Y. The Big Red broke open a close game in the second half with a touchdown run by Scott Oliaro--set up by a Chris Cochrane to Oliaro 32-yard pass--and a record 99-yard interception return for a touchdown by linebacker Mark Broderick. Brown's Mike Lenkaitis passed for 217 yards in the losing effort...
...Talk Show, a syndicated late-night half-hour, is homemade in a literal sense. The premise is a throwback to that old Mary Hartman spinoff, Fernwood 2-Night: a housewife (Cynthia Stevenson) in the little town of Derby, Wis., has turned her living room into the set for a nightly talk show. It's a homey affair: her brother-in-law is the announcer; gray-haired Mrs. Battle, her old school nurse, is musical director; neighbors drop by to chat. So do real-life celebrities such as William Shatner and Florence Henderson...
Before dismissing the 101st Congress as entirely useless, voters might consider some of its more notable achievements. During their three-week wrangle over the federal budget, the lawmakers exposed a decade's worth of economic gospel as falsehoods while inventing a new set of myths to replace them. They transformed the budget-making process, usually about as gripping as watching weeds grow, into a demolition derby. They invited the middle class to divorce its interests from those of the rich and its sympathies from those of the poor. And they reinforced the suspicion that in a crisis, the first instinct...
...Democrats joined 23 Republicans in approving a plan, favored by the Administration, that would pare projected Medicare spending by $51.6 billion over five years, raise taxes on gasoline, liquor and cigarettes and leave income tax rates unchanged. A House-Senate conference committee then set to work ironing out the glaring differences between the two proposals by Oct. 24, when a short-term resolution to keep the government running expires. The Democrats predict that the final plan will probably contain a gas tax increase, combined with an increase in the top marginal tax rate to 31%. Fearing the cost of continued...
...leaks also seemed designed to ensnare Riegle. One document suggests that he benefited from two 1987 fund raisers arranged partly by Keating. Shortly afterward, the disclosures indicate, Riegle set up a meeting of the five Senators with regulators to press Keating's cause. The other two Senators / present, Ohio Democrat John Glenn and Arizona Republican John McCain, reportedly have been cleared of wrongdoing...