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Democrats voted to override by a 3-1 margin but Republicans were equally firm in support of the president who has threatened to make abortion a decisive issue on at least three separate fiscal 1990 spending bills


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Yesterday 's vote dealt with the largest of these bills an estimated 156.7 billion measure funding the departments of Labor Education and Health and Human Services


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To gain more leverage abortion-rights advocates may seek to fold the bill into an omnibus continuing resolution next month


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But the stark numbers yesterday when 282 votes were needed indicate the president is in a commanding position for at least this year


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Unless he changes they lose said a Democratic leadership aide


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The action came as Congress sent to the president last night a stopgap spending bill to keep the government operating through Nov. 15 and provide 2.85 billion in emergency funds to assist in the recovery from Hurricane Hugo and the California earthquake


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By a lopsided 97-1 margin the Senate approved the measure after attaching further provisions sought by the influential California delegation and despite reservations the House adopted the bill on a 303-107 roll call


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The package is more than 1 billion above the recommendations of Budget Director Richard Darman this week


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But given the political importance of California the administration was content to use its influence to prevent any Senate amendments adding further new appropriations


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The 2.85 billion measure comes on top of 1.1 billion appropriated after Hugo struck the Carolinas and Caribbean last month and these totals do n't reflect the additional benefit of low-interest disaster loans


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The bill last night includes 500 million to help finance this credit and further raises the obligation ceiling for the Small Business Administration sixfold to 1.8 billion to accommodate the expected loan activity


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In direct cash assistance 1 billion is provided in federal highway construction funds and 1.35 billion is divided between general emergency aid and a reserve to be available to the president to meet unanticipated costs from the two disasters


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In the Senate Majority Whip Alan Cranston used his position to win not only the expanded credit but also more generous treatment than the House had permitted in the distribution of highway funds in the next six months


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The emergency assistance would n't be counted against a state 's normal allocation of annual highway funds and the bill circumvents existing restrictions that otherwise would prevent the use of federal aid to repair a toll road such as the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge damaged in last week 's earthquake


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The underlying stopgap bill is the second required by Congress this fall and since the current fiscal year began Oct. 1 only the Energy and Interior departments are operating on permanent appropriations enacted into law


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The standoff over abortion is certain to contribute to further delays and apart from the health and education measure vetoed by Mr. Bush bills funding the District of Columbia and the entire U.S. foreign-aid budget are in jeopardy because of related abortion or family-planning issues


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The vote yesterday was the most partisan in many years and though the Democratic leadership is ambivalent about how to address the abortion issue the debate is increasingly measured in party terms


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The 189 Democrats who supported the override yesterday compare with 175 who initially backed the rape-and-incest exemption two weeks ago and 136 last year on a similar vote


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By comparison Republicans have held closer to the anti-abortion movement


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Only 42 GOP members opposed the president 's veto a marginal increase over the vote two weeks ago and just 12 more than the 30 who supported the rape-and-incest exemption last year


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At a recent White House meeting Rep. Silvio Conte R. Mass. the ranking minority member of the House Appropriations Committee argued with his friend Mr. Bush against a veto and though Mr. Conte and Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois stood with the president yesterday they are plainly uncomfortable with his position


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This is n't a political issue this is a moral issue said Rep. Henry Hyde R. Ill. the most eloquent spokesman for the anti-abortion movement


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But after years of using the issue for its benefit the GOP finds its candidates on the defensive


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New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. James Florio pointedly returned from campaigning to vote against the president yesterday in contrast with his opponent GOP Rep. James Courter who has ardently supported abortion restrictions in the past but was absent


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In an extraordinary mix of cultures and church-state powers Rep. Robert Dornan R. Calif lectured his fellow Roman Catholics including Mr. Florio for having the chutzpah to disagree with the hierarchy of their church on abortion


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Rep. Les AuCoin was as blunt on behalf of the abortion-rights movement


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This may not make George Bush a one-term president said the Oregon liberal addressing the Republican side of the House


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But if you support him over rape victims this may be your last term


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Separately the House last night approved a nearly 67 billion compromise spending bill providing the first construction funds for the administration 's ambitious space station in fiscal 1990 and incorporating far-reaching provisions affecting the federal mortgage market


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The current ceiling on home loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration would be increased to 124,875 and the bill gives the Department of Housing and Urban Development new authority to facilitate the refinancing of subsidized loans for low-income homeowners


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By a 325-92 margin the Appropriations Committee leadership beat back an early challenge by House Banking Chairman Henry Gonzalez D. Texas to the FHA provision


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And on a closer 250-170 roll call lawmakers upheld controversial agreements made by a House-Senate conference earmarking community development funds for more than 40 projects backed by often influential members


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Lawrence Insurance Group Inc. said it acquired United Republic Reinsurance Co. a Houston property and casualty reinsurance company from United Savings Association of Texas for 28 million


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Lawrence Insurance also sold 3.2 million of its shares for 7.125 each to its parent Lawrence Group Inc


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Lawrence Insurance based in Albany N.Y. plans to use the 22.5 million in proceeds to help finance the acquisition of United Republic


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By acquiring the shares Lawrence Group increased its stake in Lawrence Insurance to 93.2 % from 91.2 %


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Lawrence Insurance underwrites mostly primary insurance a company spokesman said


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A reinsurance company effectively insures insurance companies that wish to spread the risk of a particular policy


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Lawrence Group also owns Lawrence Agency Corp. Schenectady N.Y. an insurance agency and brokerage


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Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings & Loan Association said it plans to restructure in the wake of a third-quarter loss of 7.7 million or 1.01 a share reflecting an 11 million addition to loan-loss reserves


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The Portland Ore. thrift said the restructuring should help it meet new capital standards from the Financial Institution Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act


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A year ago Benjamin Franklin had profit of 1.8 million or 23 cents a share


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In over-the-counter trading yesterday Benjamin Franklin rose 25 cents to 4.25


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The company said the restructuring 's initial phase will feature a gradual reduction in assets and staff positions


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The plan may include selling branches consolidating or eliminating departments and winding down or disposing of unprofitable units within 18 months


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Initially the company said it will close its commercial real-estate lending division and stop originating new leases at its commercial lease subsidiary


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Details of the restructuring wo n't be made final until regulators approve the regulations mandated by the new federal act the company said


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Richard D. Sutton 64 years old chairman of this bank-holding company was named acting president and chief executive officer of the company and its First National Bank of Toms River subsidiary


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Joseph W. Robertson 61 was dismissed from those posts the company said


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He could n't be reached and a company spokesman would n't comment on the dismissal


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Mr. Robertson was also removed from the board of First National Bank of New Jersey-Salem County another unit and the Toms River bank


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Hughes Aircraft Co. a General Motors Corp. unit said the Intelsat VI commercial communications satellite is set to be launched Friday


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The satellite built by Hughes for the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization is part of a 700 million contract awarded to Hughes in 1982 to develop five of the three-ton satellites


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Comments by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan lent some support to the dollar but the U.S. unit ended yesterday lower against most major currencies


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Foreign-exchange dealers noted that the impact of the chairman 's remarks was slight and warned that the currency remains sensitive to developments on Wall Street


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Traders said that Mr. Greenspan whose statements are ordinarily cautious was especially careful to avoid any jarring proclamations with fears about equities still unnerving financial markets


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Testifying before a panel of the House Banking Committee Mr. Greenspan said the short-term value of the dollar on foreign-exchange markets is n't the primary policy focus of the central bank


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Our essential focus is on domestic policy Mr. Greenspan said referring to the goals of price stability and a stable economy


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In perhaps his most telling remark Mr. Greenspan termed the current U.S. inflation rate of around 4.5 % as much too high to be ignored


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He added however that inflation could be brought down close to zero without throwing the economy into a recession


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Analysts viewed the chairman 's comments as an indication that the central bank is disinclined to ease monetary policy further in the near future


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The dollar climbed immediately higher on news of Mr. Greenspan 's testimony settling lower in later trade as dealers squared positions ahead of today 's preliminary report on third-quarter U.S. gross national product


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In late New York trading yesterday the dollar was quoted at 1.8353 marks down from 1.8355 marks Tuesday and at 141.52 yen up from 141.45 yen late Tuesday


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Sterling was quoted at 1.6145 up from 1.6055 late Tuesday


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In Tokyo Thursday the U.S. currency opened for trading at 141.60 yen up from Wednesday 's Tokyo close of 141.55 yen


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Many traders forecast a continuation of the market 's recent bearish trend and predict the U.S. currency will remain stuck in its relatively narrow ranges in the near term and then shift lower


( S ( CC But ) ( PP ( VBG according ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Doug ) ( NNP Madison ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ corporate ) ( NN trader ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Bank ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP America ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Los ) ( NNP Angeles ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ short ) ( NNS positions ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD must ) ( ADVP ( RB first ) ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN corrected ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG spurring ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ temporary ) ( NN upswing ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN before ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN unit ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB turn ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RBR lower ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But according to Doug Madison a corporate trader with Bank of America in Los Angeles a large number of short positions must first be corrected spurring a temporary upswing before the unit can turn lower


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ predicts ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ downward ) ( NN move ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN dollar-mark ) ( NN trade ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RBR less ) ( JJ dramatic ) ) ( NN slip ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ dollar-yen ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG noting ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-3 ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ large ) ( NN pool ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN investor ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS securities ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ solid ) ( NN base ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dollar ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( IN around ) ( CD 140 ) ( NNS yen ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

He predicts a downward move in dollar-mark trade and a less dramatic slip in dollar-yen noting that there continues to be a large pool of Japanese investor interest in U.S. securities which could provide a solid base for the dollar at around 140 yen


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Market ) ( NNS participants ) ) ( VP ( VBP hope ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN today ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP GNP ) ( NN report ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB offer ) ( NP ( NP ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ substantial ) ) ( NN evidence ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( JJ economic ) ( NN growth ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN although ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ quick ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB point ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS figures ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB overstate ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN economy ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN vigor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Market participants hope today 's GNP report will offer more substantial evidence on U.S. economic growth although analysts are quick to point out that the figures may overstate the economy 's vigor


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN r ) ( NN word ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG looming ) ( ADVP ( RB again ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( CD one ) ( NN dealer ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG referring ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ persistent ) ( NN concern ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN among ) ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN market ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN economy ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG heading ) ( PP-DIR ( IN toward ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NN slowdown ) ) ( CONJP ( IN if ) ( RB not ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN recession ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The r word is looming again says one dealer referring to persistent concern among some market analysts that the U.S. economy is heading toward a major slowdown if not a recession


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS dealers ) ) ( VP ( VBP note ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ third-quarter ) ( NNS figures ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB appear ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB relatively ) ( JJ bullish ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN market ) ( NN consensus ) ) ( VP ( VBZ calls ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( CD 2.5 ) ( NN % ) ) ( JJ annual ) ( NN growth ) ( NN rate ) ) ( ADJP ( JJ unchanged ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second-quarter ) ( NN rate ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB take ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RB significantly ) ( JJR stronger ) ) ( NN figure ) ) ( S-1 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB alter ) ( NP ( NN market ) ( NNS perceptions ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN economy ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG softening ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some dealers note that while the third-quarter figures may appear relatively bullish the market consensus calls for a 2.5 % annual growth rate unchanged from the second-quarter rate it would take a significantly stronger figure to alter market perceptions that the economy is softening


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT Some ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP reckon ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ next ) ( NN quarter ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS figures ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB present ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ accurate ) ) ( NN picture ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN economy ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG showing ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ marked ) ( NN slowdown ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN number ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS sectors ) ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NN housing ) ( NNS starts ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNS equities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Some analysts reckon that the next quarter 's figures will present a more accurate picture of the U.S. economy showing a marked slowdown in a number of sectors including housing starts and equities


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Commodity ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN gold ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ current ) ( NN delivery ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD settled ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( CD 369.10 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT an ) ( NN ounce ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB down ) ( NP ( CD 1.10 ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On the Commodity Exchange in New York gold for current delivery settled at 369.10 an ounce down 1.10


( S ( NP-SBJ ( VBN Estimated ) ( NN volume ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ light ) ( QP ( CD 1.7 ) ( CD million ) ) ( NNS ounces ) ) ) )

Estimated volume was a light 1.7 million ounces


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ early ) ( NN trading ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Hong ) ( NNP Kong ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NNP Thursday ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NN gold ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN quoted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 368.24 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT an ) ( NN ounce ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In early trading in Hong Kong Thursday gold was quoted at 368.24 an ounce


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ) ( VP ( VBD called ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP-1 ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB attach ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN proposed ) ( NNS capital-gains ) ( NN tax ) ( VBN cut ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ final ) ( NN deficit-reduction ) ( NN bill ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNS lawmakers ) ) ( VP ( VBP seem ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB balk ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN idea ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The White House called on Congress to attach the proposed capital-gains tax cut to its final deficit-reduction bill but lawmakers seem likely to balk at the idea


( S ( NP-TMP ( RB Earlier ) ( DT this ) ( NN month ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ) ( VP ( VBD endorsed ) ( S ( VP ( VBG stripping ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ controversial ) ( NN tax ) ( NN measure ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bill ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN so ) ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB pass ) ( ADVP-MNR ( RB quickly ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ clean ) ( NN bill ) ) ( VP ( VBG containing ) ( ADVP ( JJ only ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS provisions ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB specifically ) ) ( VBN designed ) ( S-PRP-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB meet ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ federal ) ( NN budget ) ( NNS targets ) ) ( PP ( IN under ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Gramm-Rudman ) ( NN act ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Earlier this month the White House endorsed stripping the controversial tax measure from the bill so that Congress could pass quickly a clean bill containing only provisions specifically designed to meet federal budget targets under the Gramm-Rudman act


( S ( CC But ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB now ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN missed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ legal ) ( NN deadline ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG meeting ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Gramm-Rudman ) ( NNS targets ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN returned ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( JJ original ) ( NN view ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT a ) ( NNS capital-gains ) ( NN cut ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN deficit-reduction ) ( NN bill ) ) ( SBAR ( WHPP-1 ( IN on ) ( WHNP ( WDT which ) ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NNP Congress ) ) ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB work ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But now that Congress has missed the legal deadline for meeting the Gramm-Rudman targets the White House said it has returned to its original view that a capital-gains cut should be part of the deficit-reduction bill on which Congress continues to work


( SINV ( S-TPC-1 ( SBAR-ADV ( IN If ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT that ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB happen ) ) ) ) ) ( RB then ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP press ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB forward ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN on ) ( NP ( NP ( DT another ) ( NN vehicle ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ separate ) ( NN vote ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NN press ) ( NN secretary ) ( NNP Marlin ) ( NNP Fitzwater ) ) )

If that does n't happen then we press forward on another vehicle and a separate vote said press secretary Marlin Fitzwater


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN On ) ( NP ( NNP Capitol ) ( NNP Hill ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB though ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB seem ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ sufficient ) ( NN sentiment ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB pair ) ( NP ( NP ( NN capital ) ( NNS gains ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN deficit-reduction ) ( NN bill ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

On Capitol Hill though there does n't seem to be sufficient sentiment to pair capital gains and the deficit-reduction bill


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Texas ) ( NNP Rep. ) ( NNP William ) ( NNP Archer ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ ranking ) ( NNP Republican ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP House ) ( NNPS Ways ) ( CC and ) ( NNPS Means ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP I ) ) ( VP ( VBP do ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB see ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB how ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP we ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS votes ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB place ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNS capital-gains ) ( NN tax ) ( NN cut ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB there ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Texas Rep. William Archer the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee said I do n't see how we have the votes to place a capital-gains tax cut there


( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB Meanwhile ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBD stepped ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ personal ) ( NN lobbying ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS capital-gains ) ( NN tax ) ( NN cut ) ) ) ) ) )

Meanwhile President Bush stepped up his personal lobbying for the capital-gains tax cut


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The White House said he plans to hold a series of private White House meetings mostly with Senate Democrats to try to persuade lawmakers to fall in line behind the tax cut


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ first ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( PP-PRD ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 10 ) ( NNP Senate ) ( NNPS Democrats ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN expressed ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG cutting ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tax ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The first meeting yesterday was with 10 Senate Democrats who have expressed an interest in cutting the tax


( S ( PP ( VBG According ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD attended ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS senators ) ) ( VP ( VBD argued ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( VP ( MD should ) ( VP ( VB give ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ Democratic ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN victory ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( JJ own ) ) ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB compensate ) ( NP ( PRP them ) ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG allowing ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN president ) ) ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB win ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ controversial ) ( NNS capital-gains ) ( NN issue ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

According to some who attended the senators argued that the president should give the Democratic leaders in Congress a victory of their own to compensate them for allowing the president to win on the controversial capital-gains issue


( SINV ( NP-PRD-TPC-1 ( NP ( NNS Issues ) ) ( VP ( VBN discussed ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT this ) ( NN context ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ minimum ) ( NN wage ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ child-care ) ( NN spending ) ) ) ) ) )

Issues discussed in this context were an increase in the minimum wage and an increase in child-care spending


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN president ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN said ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ noncommittal ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The president was said to have been noncommittal


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Goodyear ) ( NNP Tire ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Rubber ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( VP ( VBN buoyed ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP-LGS ( NP ( ADJP ( JJ improved ) ) ( NN operating ) ( NN profit ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN tire ) ( NN segment ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD reported ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ third-quarter ) ( JJ net ) ( NN income ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 11 ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 70.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1.22 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. buoyed by improved operating profit in its tire segment reported that third-quarter net income rose 11 % to 70.5 million or 1.22 a share


( S ( PP-TMP ( IN In ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ year-ago ) ( NN period ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Goodyear ) ) ( VP ( VBN had ) ( NP ( NP ( NN net ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( CD 63.5 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 1.11 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

In the year-ago period Goodyear had net of 63.5 million or 1.11 a share


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Sales ) ) ( VP ( VBD rose ) ( ADVP-EXT ( RB slightly ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 2.68 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 2.66 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) )

Sales rose slightly to 2.68 billion from 2.66 billion


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ mixed ) ( NNS responses ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS results ) ) ) ) ) )

Analysts had mixed responses to the results


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Donald ) ( NNP DeScenza ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ independent ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP New ) ( NNP Canaan ) ) ( NP ( NNP Conn. ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ impressed ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN performance ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Donald DeScenza an independent analyst in New Canaan Conn. said he was impressed with the company 's performance


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He said results were better than he 'd expected and indicate that Goodyear is in the midst of a turnaround from a string of lackluster quarters that have plagued the company for a year


( S ( ADVP ( RB However ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Harry ) ( NNP Millis ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN analyst ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP McDonald ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Co. ) ) ( NP ( NNP Cleveland ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Goodyear ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS results ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN bottom ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NN range ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS estimates ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

However Harry Millis an analyst at McDonald & Co. Cleveland said Goodyear 's results fell at the bottom of his range of estimates


( S ( PP-TPC-1 ( VBG Excluding ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NN increase ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN tax ) ( NN rate ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS effects ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( JJ foreign ) ( NN currency ) ( NNS translations ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Millis ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS results ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP ( RB still ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( RB little ) ) ( JJ disappointing ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Excluding an increase in the tax rate and the effects of foreign currency translations Mr. Millis said the company 's results were still a little disappointing


( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( NP ( NP ( NNP Goodyear ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN stock ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ weak ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ recent ) ( NNS weeks ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD fell ) ( NP-EXT ( CD 2.875 ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ( S-CLR ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB close ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 43.875 ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN share ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ composite ) ( NN trading ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP New ) ( NNP York ) ( NNP Stock ) ( NNP Exchange ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Goodyear 's stock which has been weak in recent weeks fell 2.875 yesterday to close at 43.875 a share in composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( ADJP ( NNP Akron ) ( JJ Ohio-based ) ) ( NN company ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( JJ pretax ) ( NN operating ) ( NN income ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( PRP$ its ) ( NN tire ) ( NN segment ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD jumped ) ( NP-EXT ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 31 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 196.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 150.2 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( RB earlier ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG reflecting ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS improvements ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ raw ) ( NN material ) ( NNS costs ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN replacement ) ( NNS tires ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN pricing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Akron Ohio-based company said pretax operating income in its tire segment jumped about 31 % to 196.2 million from 150.2 million a year earlier reflecting improvements in raw material costs sales of replacement tires and pricing


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP McDonald ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Millis ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NNP Goodyear ) ) ( VP ( VBD appeared ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( VBN held ) ( CC or ) ( VBN gained ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN market ) ( NN share ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ first ) ( NN time ) ) ( PP ( IN since ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ second ) ( NN quarter ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

McDonald 's Mr. Millis said Goodyear appeared to have held or gained some market share in the U.S. for the first time since the second quarter of 1988


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Goodyear ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ total ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN tire ) ( NN unit ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( VP ( VBD were ) ( ADVP-PRD ( IN off ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 2 ) ) ( NN % ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But Goodyear said total U.S. tire unit sales were off about 2 %


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Total tire segment sales were up only about 1 % to 2.2 billion and the company said it reduced manufacturing levels at some of its U.S. tire plants because of inventory adjustments and slackened production by auto makers


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In the latest quarter Goodyear 's tax rate was 51 % compared with 41 % a year earlier


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As a result total tax outlays were 73.5 million compared with 44.1 million the year earlier


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For the nine months profit skidded about 35 % reflecting charges taken in this year 's second quarter and the effect of translations of weaker foreign currencies into the stronger U.S. dollar


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Net was 192.1 million or 3.33 a share compared with net of 293.7 million or 5.13 a share the year earlier


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The latest nine months included charges of 95 million related to the company 's South African subsidiary and unused pipe sold by its crude oil pipeline unit


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Sales rose nearly 2 % to 8.13 billion from 7.98 billion


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As a presidential candidate in 1980 George Bush forthrightly expressed his position on abortion in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine published that March


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What did he think of the Supreme Court 's decision legalizing abortion


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I happen to think it was right Mr. Bush said flatly


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A few months later Mr. Bush became Ronald Reagan 's running mate


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Suddenly George Bush the pro-choice advocate became George Bush the anti-abortionist


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And the vacillation did n't end there


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Just a month ago Mr. Bush sternly threatened to veto a pending welfare bill if it provided any abortion funds except to save a woman 's life


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Then two weeks ago declaring that I 'm not looking for any conflict over this the president said he would consider a compromise to fund abortions for poor women in cases of rape and incest


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But only four days after that Mr. Bush resurrected the veto threat


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I do not support federal funding for abortions except where the mother 's life is threatened he proclaimed and finally vetoed the measure last weekend


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So what does George Bush really believe


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The answer is so murky that it is beginning to get this popular president in trouble with each of the increasingly vocal increasingly powerful sides of the abortion issue


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The result is mistrust and criticism from all around


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Anti-abortion forces regard him as at best an uncertain ally


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In all honesty if you ask me Is this man a true believer I do n't know says John Fowler head of the Washington-based Ad Hoc Committee in Defense of Life Inc


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Yet abortion-rights forces remain bitterly critical


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Douglas Gould vice president of communications for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America calls Mr. Bush 's position on the abortion-funding issue extremely cruel adding The guy has n't done one thing about prevention


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He 's totally geared to a punitive position


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Mr. Bush is plainly uncomfortable with the entire abortion question


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For most of the past nine years he has striven to convince anti-abortion activists of his stalwart support for their position


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But ever since the Supreme Court 's Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services decision this year changed the political landscape of the abortion issue the president seemingly has tried just as hard to avoid saying anything more unless pressed to the wall


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Many Americans still agonize over their own personal feelings about abortion


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Mr. Bush 's problem is n't so much that he seems to be agonizing over the issue as it is that he seems to vacillate on it


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The political risk would be far less if the president drew a firm line and hewed to it experts insist


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If you have a position you 're better off to stick with it than to move around very much says Republican strategist John Sears


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The need for consistency is especially acute for Mr. Bush who Mr. Sears maintains lacks a strong ideological base


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By his moderate Republican heritage as well as the warnings of political advisers who say the issue is vital to younger voters the president might seem to have at least some sympathy with abortion-rights arguments


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Yet he is also firmly bound by his hard-line rhetoric and promises he made to anti-abortion activists during his long pursuit of the White House


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On many issues flag-burning for instance his keen political sensitivities overcome such conflicts


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But Mr. Bush and his advisers miscalculated the politics of the abortion issue failing to grasp how dramatically the abortion-rights movement would be aroused following last summer 's Supreme Court decision to restrict those rights in the Webster case


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It was one of the quickest changes in public attitudes I 've ever seen says former Reagan pollster Richard Wirthlin


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These days when others raise the subject of abortion the usually loquacious president can be close-mouthed almost to the point of curtness


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Ten days ago he was asked to amplify the reasons behind his anti-abortion stance


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My position is well-known and well-stated he replied


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A close look at his record over the last 15 years suggests that Mr. Bush has well-stated his views on all sides of the issue


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In 1974 as the U.S. representative to the United Nations he wrote an introduction to a book on world population in which he boasted of his leadership during his term in Congress in expanding family-planning services for the poor


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Running for president in early 1980 he was also quoted as supporting federal funding for abortions in cases of rape incest and to save the life of the mother


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In his Rolling Stone interview in 1980 Mr. Bush volunteered his abortion-rights remarks to contrast himself with his rival Ronald Reagan


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In addition to supporting the landmark Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion Mr. Bush said he opposed the constitutional ban on abortion that Mr. Reagan was promising to promote


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As Mr. Reagan 's running mate though Mr. Bush plunged headlong into the anti-abortion position endorsing a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion


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He acknowledged only one difference with Mr. Reagan that the amendment ought to have exceptions for rape and incest as well as to save a woman 's life


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Throughout the early 1980s Mr. Bush was quoted sometimes supporting federal funding for abortion in cases of rape and incest and sometimes opposing it


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In April 1986 then-Vice President Bush had his staff write a letter spelling out that he would support a constitutional amendment banning abortions except in cases of rape incest and life endangerment but that he opposed federal funding in all but the latter case


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At the GOP convention last year he again came out for an amendment with exceptions for rape incest and life endangerment


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His rhetoric gathered momentum as he rolled into office affirming his firm support of our cause during an anti-abortion rally three days after his inauguration last January


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He again urged passage of a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion


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But when the high court ruled in the Webster case in July the president began to lower the volume


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When the ruling was handed down the vacationing president dispatched Chief of Staff John Sununu to issue a statement and refused to answer questions himself


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He did later threaten vetoes over legislation restoring the District of Columbia 's right to use its own tax money to fund abortions for poor women and over restoring funding to the United Nations Population Fund