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...then came the fateful showdown...
...first big congressional showdown should come just before the August recess when three legislative issues may be resolved: an increase in the federal debt limit, the reconciliation of the authorizing bills with the budget committee's guidelines, and the need to redress problems in the Gramm- Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget law. The Democrats will be at a particular disadvantage when they begin earmarking their tax increases: proposals for excise taxes on cigarettes, liquor or gasoline are sure to outrage various constituencies. Says South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings: "I don't know how ^ we're going to get the Democrats together...
Much of the criticism of the Reagan Administration's push for a 600-ship Navy has been that it is designed for a dubious new mission: threatening the Soviet mainland during the early stages of a superpower showdown. Journalist Jack Beatty, writing in the May issue of the Atlantic magazine, argues that the Navy should concentrate more on its less glamorous time-honored role -- which happens to be what the Stark was doing last week. One problem, however, is that the vulnerability and cost of America's large aircraft carriers mean that the Navy does not feel safe stationing...
...fragile 40-month-old democracy. At issue are government efforts to prosecute some 400 military officers for their role in kidnaping, torturing and murdering more than 9,000 victims who vanished during the military's "dirty war" against left-wing terrorists in the late 1970s. For Alfonsin, 61, the showdown is nothing less than a test of his ability to rule...
...good news is that Harvard (9-4-1) outplayed the tourney's number-one seed, and the laxwomen still have Tuesday's showdown for the Ivy League title with Dartmouth--another tournament loser yesterday...