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...about the government's long-range plans to keep giving the native Malays a bigger role in the economy. Moreover, the government intends to curb its spending because of a persistent budget deficit that now totals 12% of the gross national product. Partly for that reason, growth may slip next year...
Over at ABC, Brinkley joined Peter Jennings, who interviewed Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell. Jennings spoke of those who identified themselves as "born against, I mean again, Christians." Forgive the slip. And Barbara Walters' commentary? "As a woman I think I should say something about Ferraro as a woman candidate but as an American I think I should say nothing about the Ferraro candidacy but I will speak now as a woman so I will comment on Ferraro as a woman and how her campaign has affected American women." No, that's not an exact transcript. But it's close...
Kenworthy put the first goal in the net in the fifth minute after receiving a pass from midfielder Miles Welch, jaking out a defender, causing the Minuteman to slip, and hitting it past keeper Michael Sarnacki...
DEAR Miss MANNERS: Some time ago, a lady was dancing with her male friend at the White House and her under-slip dropped off on the dance floor, and the lady just kept dancing as if nothing had happened. Was this the proper thing for the lady...
...Nigeria owe large debts to Western bankers. Reducing the official price from $29 to compete with Britain could start an all-out skirmish with non-OPEC producers. "The system is so inherently unstable," says William Randol, an industry analyst for the First Boston investment firm, "that the slightest slip can lead to another crisis...