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BOSTON--House Speaker George Keverian '53 withdrew a $1- billion-a-year tax bill from floor consideration yesterday, admitting he didn't have the votes to approve any tax hike that would come close to balancing the state's budget...
PANAMA CITY, Panama--As the first elements of the U.S. invasionary force withdrew, Panama's new president said the Vatican should hand Manuel Antonio Noriega over to the United States because his country is not yet capable of trying the ousted general...
...Swiss military has not engaged foreign troops since 1815, when Napoleon's army withdrew after a 17-year occupation. As a result of Switzerland's extraordinary military preparedness, no aggressor since then has seen fit to challenge its control of the mountain passes. Last week, however, the Swiss army suffered a rare setback -- not in battle, but at the polls...
...move to strengthen the role of the NIH director comes at a time when the Bush Administration has been criticized for its inability to fill the position. William Danforth, Sullivan's first choice for the post, withdrew his name from consideration after questions from the White House concerning his stance on abortion...
...Sullivan believed he could still make his mark through lower-echelon appointments, he has since discovered that there too Sununu has the power to thwart him. Robert Fulton, picked by Sullivan to be director of the Family Support Administration, withdrew from consideration after persistent questions from the White House about his philosophy on abortion. So did William Danforth, whom Sullivan wanted to head the NIH. Sullivan says that while there are other reasons the NIH director's job has been hard to fill, including questions about salary and the Institutes' structure, the White House's phone grilling of Danforth "made...