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Pollution and politics in a congressional standoff...
Despite the recent guerrilla activity, the military situation in El Salvador is in effect a standoff. And, says one U.S. observer, "I don't see anything happening to move them out of that stalemate." The guerrillas complain of shortages of military hardware, though the Reagan Administration has made frequent accusations that significant numbers of weapons are being clandestinely supplied to the guerrillas by Nicaragua. According to some leftist sources, the main reason the insurgents failed to launch an expected offensive in mid-January was that their ammunition stocks could not sustain both a major attack and a longer-range...
There was, however, a short speech delivered by mayoral contender Alfred E. Vellucci--a speech that may well spell the beginning of the end of the mayoral standoff...
...freeze the water until it froze the blood. But he could hand life over to a stranger, and that is a power of nature too. The man in the water pitted himself against an implacable, impersonal enemy; he fought it with charity; and he held it to a standoff. He was the best we can do. -By Roger Rosenblatt
...successive games against Holy Cross, Navy and UMass this season, the Crimson had battled to similar standoff situations, only to drop all three contests...