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Anti-nuclear activists have protested the launch of the Galileo space probe to Jupiter because it uses plutonium to generate the electricity needed to run the craft


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Activists fear that if the shuttle carrying Galileo into orbit should explode or if Galileo itself crashes into the Earth during the two times it flies close to the planet fatal levels of plutonium would be released into the atmosphere


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So far Galileo has been delayed twice once because of a computer malfunction connected with a space-shuttle engine and yesterday because of the weather


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NASA said the Galileo worm had nothing to do with either delay


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Mr. Alexander of Computerworld said hackers have gone after SPAN before


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He said the Chaos Computer Club of West Germany once managed to invade SPAN and do such things as change the value of pi messing up some calculations


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HUGO'S BLAST generates pleas for aid from South Carolina small businesses


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The Small Business Administration has received more than 5,000 formal requests for disaster loans because of the hurricane


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About 45 % of requests for SBA relief loans which also are available to homeowners come from small businesses compared with a 25 % business share after most disasters


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The SBA expects to make about 1 billion in Hurricane Hugo loans


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The disaster fund is replenished by loan repayments


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Hardest hit by Hugo in South Carolina were small retailers tied to the tourist industry and businesses in agriculture and cultivated seafood


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The State Development Board set up a Hugo Hotline to accept business-to-business help


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After NBC weather man Willard Scott broadcast the hot-line number it was flooded with 10,000 calls


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Last week the U.S. Chamber of Commerce began using its national TV show to seek help such as equipment for business owners


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Local bankers and accountants help applicants fill out forms


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It helps us and people feel better talking to someone who 's gone through the same thing an SBA official says


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HEALTH BENEFITS remain a central lobbying effort even as Section 89 fades


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The Senate after deleting Section 89 repeal from its deficit-reduction bill still is expected to join the House in voting to kill the law which forces companies to provide comparable benefits to laborers and executives alike


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In lobbying on other health-coverage topics the National Federation of Independent Business will press for legislation that would give self-employed people a 100 % tax deduction for their own health plans up from 25 % currently


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And the group will urge that the federal government pre-empt state rules on what must be covered by employers ' health insurance


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Small-business groups also will fight the medical-leave provision of legislation that would expand parental leaves


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And they still oppose as too costly an employer-paid health insurance bill sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy D. Mass despite his proposal to phase in small business only gradually


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There is also worry that the Pepper Commission studying long-term health care will again push lawmakers toward employerpaid solutions


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The Section 89 victory could have a downside by making it harder to oppose lawmakers on other health proposals


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With the repeal of Section 89 we can no longer say they 're discouraging businesses from offering health plans says Christine Russell the Chamber of Commerce 's small-business advocate


( S-HLN ( VP ( NNP JUMPING ) ( NP ( NNP THE ) ( NNP GUN ) ) ) )

JUMPING THE GUN


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Sen. Lloyd Bentsen D. Texas was outraged after a private word to John Motley lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Business resulted in a news release saying that the Senate Finance Committee chairman would recommend repeal of Section 89


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Even though the announcement was true in the end it was issued without the senator 's permission


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I blew it Mr. Motley says apologetically


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP It ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NN timing ) ( NN mistake ) ) ) )

It was a timing mistake


( NP ( NNP PRISON-SHOP ) ( NNPS BLUES ) )

PRISON-SHOP BLUES


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Sen. Strom Thurmond R. S.C protests pending legislation to end the preference that the federal prison system gets in selling prisoner-made furniture and other goods to government agencies


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Small-business suppliers want prisons to stop getting high priority especially as prison production grows with swelling inmate populations


( S ( NP-TMP ( JJ Last ) ( NN year ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS prisons ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NNS sales ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Pentagon ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD totaled ) ( NP ( QP ( CD 336 ) ( CD million ) ) ) ) )

Last year the prisons ' sales to the Pentagon totaled 336 million


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN REPAIR ) ( NNS SHOPS ) ) ( VP ( VBP SCRAP ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJR more ) ( NN access ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( VB work ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NNS auto-emissions ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

REPAIR SHOPS SCRAP for more access to work on auto-emissions systems


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Groups representing some independent auto-repair shops join a compromise on the Clean Air legislation worked out between environmentalists and Rep. Henry Waxman D. Calif


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( MD would ) ( VP ( VB increase ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN warranty ) ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( NN auto-emission ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( CD eight ) ( NNS years ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( CD 80,000 ) ( NNS miles ) ) ) ) ( PP-DIR ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD five ) ( NNS years ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( CD 50,000 ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ major ) ( NNS parts ) ) ) ) ) )

The plan would increase the warranty on auto-emission systems to eight years or 80,000 miles from five years or 50,000 for major parts


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But the warranty on simpler parts would be lowered to two years or 24,000 miles


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The garage owners say they would benefit because car owners would be less likely to go back to dealers for the simpler repairs after two years


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN repair ) ( NNS shops ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN united ) ( ADVP ( RB however ) ) ) ) )

The repair shops are n't united however


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Shops represented by the Automotive Service Industry Association and the Motor Equipment Manufacturers Association oppose any increase in warranty length


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP They ) ) ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( FRAG-ADV ( X-TMP ( DT the ) ( JJR longer ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN warranty ) ) ) ( X-TMP ( DT the ) ( JJR longer ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNS customers ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB automatically ) ) ( VB return ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NP ( NN new-car ) ( NNS dealers ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT which ) ) ( S ( ADVP-TMP ( RB then ) ) ( VP ( VBP find ) ( NP ( NP ( NN non-warranty ) ( NN work ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD might ) ( ADVP ( RB otherwise ) ) ( VP ( VB go ) ( PP-DIR ( TO to ) ( NP ( NN repair ) ( NNS shops ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

They say the longer the warranty the longer customers will automatically return to new-car dealers which then find non-warranty work that might otherwise go to repair shops


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP House ) ( NNP Energy ) ( NNP Committee ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB debate ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN issue ) ) ( NP-TMP ( RB later ) ( DT this ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) )

The House Energy Committee will debate the issue later this month


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Stan ) ( NNP Hathcock ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( NNP Atlanta ) ( NN garage ) ( NN owner ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ opposes ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJR longer ) ( NN warranty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ estimates ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( JJ current ) ( NN plan ) ) ( VP ( VBZ costs ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( NP ( QP ( RB as ) ( RB much ) ( IN as ) ( CD 15,000 ) ) ) ( NP-ADV ( DT a ) ( NN year ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( VBN lost ) ( NN business ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Stan Hathcock an Atlanta garage owner who opposes a longer warranty estimates that the current plan costs him as much as 15,000 a year in lost business


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Some 70 % of graduates who recently earned an M.B.A. degree say they 'd prefer to work in or own a small company yet most take jobs with large concerns says a survey by the Foster McKay Group a New York recruiting firm


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Cardinal Scientific Inc. of Waldorf Md. seeks a Small Business Innovation Research grant to produce a nozzle assembly for an Army mass delousing outfit


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L.J. Hooker Corp. is expected to reach an agreement in principle this week to sell Merksamer Jewelers Inc. to management say executives familiar with the talks


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L.J. Hooker based in Atlanta filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year


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Currently its parent company Hooker Corp. of Sydney Australia is being managed by a court-appointed liquidator


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It is expected that GE Capital Corp. a financial-services subsidiary of General Electric Co. will provide much of the funding for the proposed leveraged buy-out of Merksamer based in Sacramento Calif


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A spokesman for GE Capital declined to comment


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GE Capital has a working relationship with L.J. Hooker


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It is providing 50 million in emergency financing to the company and has agreed to buy as much as 75 million in receivables from B. Altman & Co. and Bonwit Teller L.J. Hooker 's two fully owned department-store chains


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Sam Merksamer chief executive officer of the nationwide jewelry chain and Sanford Sigoloff chief executive of L.J. Hooker Corp. both declined to comment


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Currently Mr. Merksamer owns 20 % of the company L.J. Hooker acquired its 80 % interest in the firm in May 1986


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At the time the Merksamer chain had 11 stores in operation


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Today there are 77 units all located in shopping malls


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In recent weeks Mr. Merksamer has approached a number of his suppliers and asked them to provide letters of intent saying they will continue shipping merchandise to the chain following the buy-out say those familiar with the situation


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This year a number of retail leveraged buyouts have failed causing jitters among suppliers and Mr. Merksamer apparently wanted assurances that he wo n't have delivery problems


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For the year ended June 30 1989 Merksamer Jewelers had 62 million of revenue and operating profit of 2.5 million


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The jewelery chain was put up for sale in June


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According to those familiar with the situation other bidders included Ratners Group PLC of London and Kay Jewelers Inc


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First Boston Corp. is advising L.J. Hooker on the sale of the Merksamer business


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Merksamer was the first in a series of retail acquisitions made by L.J. Hooker


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The company was founded in Sacramento in 1929 by two brothers Ralph and Walter Merksamer who operated as DeVon 's Jewelers


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In 1979 the pair split the company in half with Walter and his son Sam agreeing to operate under the Merksamer Jewelery name


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The sale of Merksamer Jewelers is subject to approval by Judge Tina Brozman of U.S. Bankruptcy Court


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As earlier reported L.J. Hooker this week received a 409 million bid for its three shopping malls plus other properties from a consortium led by Honolulu real-estate investor Jay Shidler and A. Boyd Simpson an Atlanta developer and former L.J. Hooker senior executive


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The offer which did n't include the Merksamer chain is being reviewed by Mr. Sigoloff


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The federal government should make free voluntary testing for the AIDS virus the cornerstone of an expanded campaign to stop the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome the Hudson Institute recommended


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By encouraging massive routine voluntary testing we can enable society to voluntarily segregate itself sexually into two groups those who carry the virus and those who do not the Indianapolis research organization said in a new report


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The report takes a more alarmed view of AIDS and recommends a more sweeping response than many other analyses


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It warns that the AIDS epidemic may reduce the rate of growth of the work force curb productivity gains and slow economic growth


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It contends that current government policy is failing to stem the AIDS epidemic because it suggests the use of condoms can make sex safe


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But the report says The only safe sex is sex between uninfected partners and testing is the only way to learn of infection


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Hudson 's researchers estimated that it would cost less than 650 million a year to test the entire population between the ages of 12 and 65 years old


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In addition the report recommends that federal and state governments provide free treatment to all who test positive


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President Bush will veto a bill funding the Departments of Labor Education and Health and Human Services because it would allow federal funding of abortions for victims of rape and incest the White House said


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Mr. Bush had threatened a veto previously


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But he put off a firm decision while his aides and legislators searched for a compromise that would tighten requirements for such abortions in a way acceptable to the president


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White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said negotiations between Bush aides and lawmakers ended Monday without success


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Most lawmakers think it will be extremely difficult for Mr. Bush 's opponents on the abortion issue to round up the votes needed to override the veto


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB still ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NP ( VBN prolonged ) ( NN debate ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ political ) ( NN maneuvering ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ holds ) ( ADVP ( IN up ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( ADJP ( QP ( CD 156.7 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ( NN funding ) ( NN bill ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ fiscal ) ( NN year ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBD began ) ( NP-TMP-CLR ( NNP Oct. ) ( CD 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But there still may be prolonged debate and political maneuvering that holds up the 156.7 billion funding bill for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1


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Mr. Bush has said he personally approves of abortions in the cases of rape incest and danger to the life of the mother


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN opposed ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Medicaid ) ( NN funding ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS abortions ) ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ poor ) ( NNS women ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-2 ( WP who ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBP say ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NNS victims ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN rape ) ( CC and ) ( NN incest ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG arguing ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT those ) ( NNS exceptions ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBN enforced ) ( ADVP ( ADVP ( RB so ) ( RB loosely ) ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBP open ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN way ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS abortions ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( JJ other ) ( NNS women ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But he has opposed Medicaid funding of abortions for poor women who say they are victims of rape and incest arguing that those exceptions are enforced so loosely that they open the way for abortions for other women


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN Nothing ) ) ( VP ( VBD stirred ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN soul ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Ronald ) ( NNP Reagan ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( NNS disciples ) ) ) ) ) ( ADVP ( RB as ) ( RB much ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN crusade ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB aid ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nicaragua ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Contra ) ( NNS rebels ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN dream ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG building ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ space-based ) ( NN defense ) ( NN shield ) ) ( S-PRP ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB knock ) ( PRT ( RP out ) ) ( NP ( JJ Soviet ) ( JJ nuclear ) ( NNS missiles ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Nothing stirred the soul of Ronald Reagan and his disciples as much as the crusade to aid Nicaragua 's Contra rebels or the dream of building a space-based defense shield to knock out Soviet nuclear missiles


( S ( ADVP ( RB Yet ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN under ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( VBN preferred ) ( NN successor ) ) ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT those ) ( CD two ) ( VBN cherished ) ( NN national-security ) ( NNS causes ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG withering ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN vine ) ) ) ) ) )

Yet under Mr. Reagan 's preferred successor President Bush those two cherished national-security causes are withering on the vine


( S ( CC And ) ( ADVP ( RB surprisingly ) ) ( NP-SBJ-1 ( NP ( RB little ) ( RBR more ) ) ( PP ( IN than ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN whimper ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NN protest ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG being ) ( VP ( VBN heard ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( ADVP ( RB even ) ) ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Reaganauts ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB once ) ) ( VP ( VBD breathed ) ( NP ( NN fire ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG supporting ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Contras ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Strategic ) ( NNP Defense ) ( NNP Initiative ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And surprisingly little more than a whimper of protest is being heard even though Reaganauts once breathed fire supporting the Contras and the Strategic Defense Initiative


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The programs have arthritis says Rep. Henry Hyde a conservative Republican from Illinois


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Yet he asserts you look around and you say Who are the leaders


( SBARQ ( WHNP-1 ( WP Who ) ) ( SQ ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG going ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB carry ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN water ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Who is going to carry the water


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It is n't surprising that President Bush has n't led a crusade to pump up the Contras or SDI


( S ( SBAR-ADV ( IN Though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB nominally ) ) ( VBZ supports ) ( NP ( DT both ) ( NNS programs ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ passionate ) ( NN champion ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( DT either ) ( NN cause ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Reagan ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Though he nominally supports both programs Mr. Bush has n't been a passionate champion of either cause as Mr. Reagan was


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What 's surprising is that there is n't more of a conservative outcry as the Bush administration lets the programs slip down the national-priority list


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A combination of factors a weariness among some conservatives a decline in the perception of a Soviet threat and a preoccupation with other issues seem to explain the strange tranquility


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Above all though conservative Republicans who have championed both the Contras and SDI are reluctant to attack a Republican president for failing to do more though that reluctance may be receding


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We want to complain we want to say something about it and we 're going to as it gets worse says Rep. Dan Burton an Indiana Republican who has been a staunch Contra backer


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( PP-PRD ( IN like ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG kicking ) ( NP ( PRP$ your ) ( NN father ) ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS pants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But it 's like kicking your father in the pants


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( PRP You ) ) ( VP ( VBP hate ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB do ) ( NP ( PRP it ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-PRP ( IN because ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBZ 's ) ( NP-PRD ( PRP$ your ) ( NN father ) ) ) ) ) ) )

You hate to do it because he 's your father


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Burton ) ) ( VP ( VBZ says ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NNS conservatives ) ( POS ' ) ) ( NN unhappiness ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ cautious ) ( NN handling ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ recent ) ( JJ unsuccessful ) ( NN coup ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Panama ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB make ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP them ) ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR more ) ( JJ willing ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB speak ) ( PRT ( IN out ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Burton says conservatives ' unhappiness with Mr. Bush 's cautious handling of the recent unsuccessful coup in Panama will make them more willing to speak out


( S ( PP ( IN Of ) ( NP ( NN course ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT neither ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( CC nor ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP ( RB actually ) ) ( VP ( VBN abandoned ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Contras ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP SDI ) ) ) ) ) )

Of course neither President Bush nor the Congress has actually abandoned the Contras or SDI


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN struck ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN deal ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( JJ congressional ) ( NNS leaders ) ) ) ( S-2 ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB provide ) ( NP ( JJ nonlethal ) ( NN aid ) ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Contras ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( IN until ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Nicaragua ) ) ( VP ( VBZ holds ) ( NP ( JJ national ) ( NNS elections ) ) ( NP-TMP ( IN next ) ( NNP February ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Bush has struck a deal with congressional leaders to provide nonlethal aid to the Contras until Nicaragua holds national elections next February


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN administration ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN dropped ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN effort ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB win ) ( NP ( JJ military ) ( NN aid ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS rebels ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the administration has dropped any effort to win military aid for the rebels


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN administration ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN deal ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ gives ) ( NP ( JJ several ) ( JJ congressional ) ( NNS committees ) ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN right ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( RB even ) ( JJ humanitarian ) ( NN aid ) ) ( NP-TMP ( IN next ) ( NN month ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNS committees ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ likely ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB let ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NN aid ) ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( PP-TMP-CLR ( IN until ) ( NP ( NNP February ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And the administration 's deal with Congress gives several congressional committees the right to cut off even humanitarian aid next month though the committees are likely to let aid continue until February


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJS Most ) ( NNS analysts ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( EX there ) ) ( VP ( POS 's ) ( NP-PRD ( JJ little ) ( NN prospect ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Contras ) ) ( VP ( MD can ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ significant ) ( NN fighting ) ( NN force ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( NP ( NNP U.S. ) ( NNS arms ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN after ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP February ) ( NN election ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( PRP$ their ) ( NN future ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN form ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( JJ murky ) ) ( ADVP ( IN at ) ( RB best ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Most analysts think there 's little prospect the Contras can be a significant fighting force without U.S. arms and after the February election their future in any form will be murky at best


( S ( PP ( RB Instead ) ( IN of ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG focusing ) ( PP ( IN on ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Contras ) ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN switched ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG urging ) ( NP-1 ( NP ( NNS members ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNP Congress ) ) ) ) ( PRN ( ADVP ( RBS most ) ( RB recently ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NNP White ) ( NNP House ) ( NN meeting ) ) ( NP-TMP ( NN yesterday ) ) ) ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB approve ) ( NP ( NP ( NN financing ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN election ) ( NN campaign ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ political ) ( NNS opponents ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Nicaragua ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNP Sandinista ) ( NN government ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Instead of focusing on the Contras Mr. Bush has switched to urging members of Congress most recently in a White House meeting yesterday to approve financing for the election campaign of political opponents of Nicaragua 's Sandinista government


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NN administration ) ) ( VP ( VBZ continues ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB support ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP SDI ) ) ( CC or ) ( NP ( NNP Star ) ( NNPS Wars ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-2 ( PRP it ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB recently ) ) ( VP ( VBD lobbied ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB persuade ) ( NP-3 ( DT the ) ( NNP Senate ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB restore ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNS funds ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ-5 ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBD planned ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB cut ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN program ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The administration continues to support SDI or Star Wars and it recently lobbied to persuade the Senate to restore some of the funds it planned to cut from the program


( S ( CC And ) ( NP-TMP ( RB just ) ( JJ last ) ( NN week ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP Defense ) ( NNP Secretary ) ( NNP Dick ) ( NNP Cheney ) ) ( VP ( VBD gave ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ strong ) ( NN speech ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBG listing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ compelling ) ( NNS reasons ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB push ) ( ADVP-DIR ( RB ahead ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NNP SDI ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBG saying ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( MD 'd ) ( VP ( VB urge ) ( NP-2 ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB veto ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN defense ) ( NN bill ) ) ( PP ( IN with ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ inadequate ) ( NN funding ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN program ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And just last week Defense Secretary Dick Cheney gave a strong speech listing compelling reasons to push ahead with SDI and saying he 'd urge President Bush to veto a defense bill with inadequate funding for the program


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ strong ) ( NN pitch ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Cheney ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD may ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( ADJP ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( RB little ) ) ( ADJP ( RB too ) ( JJ late ) ) ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB prevent ) ( NP ( NP ( NN damage ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP SDI ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the strong pitch by Mr. Cheney may be too little too late to prevent damage to SDI


( S ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNP House ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB already ) ) ( VP ( VBN voted ) ( PP-CLR ( IN for ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ deep ) ( NN cut ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NN funding ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( S ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN end ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN program ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NNS backers ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( ADJP-PRD ( RB hard ) ( VBN pressed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB head ) ( PRT ( RP off ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ( NN reduction ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( VBG spending ) ) ) ) ( NP-TMP ( JJ next ) ( NN year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The House has already voted for a deep cut in funding and in the end the program 's backers will be hard pressed to head off some reduction in spending next year


( S ( CC And ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN while ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NN defense ) ( NN secretary ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( VP ( VBG speaking ) ( IN out ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NNP President ) ( NNP Bush ) ( PRP himself ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBN launched ) ( NP ( DT any ) ( NN high-visibility ) ( NN campaign ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB drum ) ( PRT ( RP up ) ) ( NP ( NN support ) ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR ( IN as ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP President ) ( NNP Reagan ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ) ) ) ) ) )

And while the defense secretary is speaking out President Bush himself has n't launched any high-visibility campaign to drum up support as President Reagan did


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NN administration ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBZ acknowledges ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP it ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VBG pursuing ) ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Reagan ) ( POS 's ) ) ( JJ original ) ( NN vision ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ impenetrable ) ( NN shield ) ) ( VP ( VBG protecting ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ whole ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ) ) ( CONJP ( CC but ) ( RB rather ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( ADJP ( RBR more ) ( JJ modest ) ) ( NN version ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The administration also acknowledges that it is n't pursuing Mr. Reagan 's original vision of an impenetrable shield protecting the whole U.S. but rather a more modest version


( S ( S ( ADJP-PRD ( RBR More ) ( JJ ominous ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( NNP SDI ) ( NNS supporters ) ) ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ-2 ( DT the ) ( NNP Bush ) ( NN administration ) ) ( VP ( VBZ appears ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB have ) ( VP ( ADVP-MNR ( RB tacitly ) ) ( VBN accepted ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ new ) ( JJ arms-control ) ( NN proposal ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Soviet ) ( NNP Union ) ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( VBZ spells ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ long-term ) ( NN trouble ) ) ( PP ( IN for ) ( NP ( NNP Star ) ( NNPS Wars ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

More ominous to SDI supporters the Bush administration appears to have tacitly accepted a new arms-control proposal from the Soviet Union that spells long-term trouble for Star Wars


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT The ) ( NNPS Soviets ) ) ( VP ( VBP have ) ( VP ( VBN agreed ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB complete ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN treaty ) ) ( VP ( VBG cutting ) ( NP ( JJ strategic ) ( NNS weapons ) ) ( PP ( IN without ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS restrictions ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ space-based ) ( NNS defenses ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Soviets have agreed to complete a treaty cutting strategic weapons without including restrictions on space-based defenses


( S ( CC But ) ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Soviets ) ) ( ADVP ( RB also ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( VP ( VBG insisting ) ( SBAR ( IN that ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB reserve ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN right ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB withdraw ) ( PP-CLR ( IN from ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBN completed ) ( NN strategic-arms ) ( NN treaty ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( RB later ) ( IN on ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN if ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ( VP ( VBZ does ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP SDI ) ( NN testing ) ( CC or ) ( NN deployment ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-1 ( IN that ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT the ) ( NNPS Soviets ) ) ( VP ( VBP think ) ( SBAR ( S ( VP ( VBZ violates ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG existing ) ( JJ anti-ballistic-missile ) ( NN treaty ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

But the Soviets also are insisting that they will reserve the right to withdraw from the completed strategic-arms treaty later on if the U.S. does SDI testing or deployment that the Soviets think violates the existing anti-ballistic-missile treaty


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It will be hard down the road to persuade Congress to approve money for SDI plans if lawmakers fear those plans could scuttle a completed treaty


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As a result Frank Gaffney a former Reagan Pentagon aide who now heads the Center for Security Policy charges that the administration 's professions of continued commitment to development and deployment of the SDI program strain credulity


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Still proponents may be shying away from more drumbeating because they sense political tides have turned against arming the Nicaraguan rebels or boosting spending on SDI particularly when the public perceives the Soviet threat is declining under Mikhail Gorbachev


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In fact because communism seems to be beating a global retreat some conservatives may simply be so pleased that their anti-communist philosophy is prevailing that they do n't have the fire at the moment to push controversial programs


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The short of it is that the most hard-bitten among us can not get into too sour a mood with communism collapsing says Mitchell Daniels a former Reagan White House aide who now is president of the Hudson Institute


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Some activists are toiling to raise the profile of the two causes


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But they say they ca n't make much headway because of a lack of willing leaders in a position to turn the tide


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One longtime champion of these programs in Congress Republican whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia is distracted by questions about his ethics conservatives note


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Other conservative champions like Wyoming Republican Sen. Malcolm Wallop a longtime SDI advocate do n't have the clout with the Bush White House that they enjoyed with President Reagan


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Above all though proponents say neither the Contra nor the SDI cause can be pushed much further without more presidential support


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For there to be wind in the sails of any program the chief executive has to be blowing in the sails says Rep. Burton


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All this causes Rep. Hyde to muse about an alternate way to drum up more enthusiasm


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What I 'd like to see if he is up to it is for Reagan to take to the hustings to regenerate enthusiasm for SDI the congressman says


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The Consumer News and Business Channel cable network and U.S. News & World Report have formed a joint venture to produce cable program versions of special issues of the magazine


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The programs will run on the cable network the Sunday evening immediately prior to the release of the special issue of U.S. News & World Report


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CNBC is a joint venture of the National Broadcasting Co. a unit of General Electric Co. and Cablevision System Corp


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Advertisers will be offered an advertising package which for a single price will include time on the CNBC program and ad pages in the special guides


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CNBC will produce six one-hour programs beginning in April 1990


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The first program scheduled in the joint venture is The 1990 Homeowner 's Guide


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Other programs and special issues will be based on themes of health jobs personal finance the best colleges and investments


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The programs will be written and produced by CNBC with background and research provided by staff from U.S. News & World Report


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Newport Electronics Inc. of Santa Ana Calif. said Milton B. Hollander who holds a 49.4 % stake requested a special shareholders ' meeting next Wednesday to remove four current directors and elect an alternative slate


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Mr. Hollander 's High Technology Holding Co. of Stamford Conn. acquired most of its stake last August in an 11-a-share tender offer for Newport a maker of electronic-measuring devices


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Newport said Mr. Hollander is asking shareholders to retain only one director James R. Lees a Newport vice president


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The board is n't proposing a slate of its own and the other four current directors do n't want to serve beyond the special meeting date Newport said


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Mr. Hollander is the new owner and wants to exercise control said Barret B. Weekes Newport 's chairman


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Parsow Partnership Ltd. and Elkhorn Partners L.P. said they may seek proposals from third parties relating to a sale or restructuring of CACI International Inc


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In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Parsow and Elkhorn which together hold 8.685 % of CACI 's common shares said they think it is in the best interest of CACI stockholders that the company be sold


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CACI based in Arlington Va. said it had n't seen the filing by Parsow and Elkhorn and therefore had no comment


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The partnerships said they may seek board representation and they may seek the support of CACI 's board and other major shareholders in connection with their plans


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According to the filing Parsow and Elkhorn are based in Elkhorn Neb. and are controlled by the same general partner Alan S. Parsow


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Their combined stake consists of 880,500 CACI common shares including 86,500 shares bought in the past 60 days at 2.3125 to 2.4375 a share


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Additional shares may be bought or sold in the open market in private transactions or otherwise depending on market conditions and other factors


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Bearings Inc. said its chairman John R. Cunin will retire as an officer of the company on Jan. 2


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP George ) ( NNP L. ) ( NNP LaMore ) ) ( NP ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( NN executive ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN chairman ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( NN executive ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN upon ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Cunin ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN retirement ) ) ) ) ) )

George L. LaMore president and chief executive officer will become chairman and chief executive upon Mr. Cunin 's retirement


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP John ) ( NNP C. ) ( NNP Dannemiller ) ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ executive ) ( NN vice ) ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( VBG operating ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB become ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( VBG operating ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ) )

John C. Dannemiller executive vice president and chief operating officer will become president and chief operating officer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Cunin ) ) ( ADJP ( NP ( CD 65 ) ( NNS years ) ) ( JJ old ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN chief ) ( NN executive ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN distributor ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( NNS bearings ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( JJ power-transmission ) ( NNS products ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( CD 1982 ) ) ) ( PP ( TO to ) ( NP ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Cunin 65 years old was chief executive of the distributor of bearings and power-transmission products from 1982 to 1988


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( MD will ) ( VP ( VB continue ) ( PP-CLR ( IN as ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN director ) ) ) ) ) )

He will continue as a director


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP LaMore ) ) ( NP ( CD 63 ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ 48-year ) ( NN veteran ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NNP Bearings ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( NN president ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( CD 1983 ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. LaMore 63 a 48-year veteran at Bearings has been president since 1983


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mr. ) ( NNP Dannemiller ) ) ( NP ( CD 51 ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD joined ) ( NP ( NNP Bearings ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP August ) ( CD 1988 ) ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP Leaseway ) ( NNP Transportation ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP he ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NN chief ) ( VBG operating ) ( NN officer ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Mr. Dannemiller 51 joined Bearings in August 1988 from Leaseway Transportation Corp. where he was president and chief operating officer


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBZ has ) ( VP ( VBN been ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( NNP Bearings ) ( NN director ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN since ) ( NP ( CD 1985 ) ) ) ) ) )

He has been a Bearings director since 1985


( S ( NP-SBJ ( DT The ) ( NNS appointments ) ) ( VP ( VBP are ) ( NP-PRD ( NP ( NN part ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN planned ) ( NN succession ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN company ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The appointments are part of a planned succession at the company


( S ( NP-SBJ ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN leader ) ( NNP Mikhail ) ( NNP Gorbachev ) ) ( VP ( VP ( VBD opened ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( JJ major ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN trade ) ( NN exhibition ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NNP Moscow ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( NP ( CD two ) ( NNS hours ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG touring ) ( NP ( NP ( DT some ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD 150 ) ( NNS stalls ) ) ( VP ( VBG representing ) ( NP ( NP ( JJ such ) ( JJ blue-chip ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP ( IN as ) ( NP ( NP ( NNP General ) ( NNPS Motors ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( NP ( NNP International ) ( NNP Business ) ( NNPS Machines ) ( NNP Corp. ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NNP Johnson ) ( CC & ) ( NNP Johnson ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev opened a major U.S. trade exhibition in Moscow and spent two hours touring some of the 150 stalls representing such blue-chip companies as General Motors Corp. International Business Machines Corp. and Johnson & Johnson


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Archer-Daniels-Midland ) ( NNP Co. ) ( NN stand ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NNP Mrs. ) ( NNP Nelson ) ( NNP Rockefeller ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN board ) ( NN member ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD offered ) ( NP ( PRP him ) ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN soy ) ( NN burger ) ) ) )

At the Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. stand Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller a board member offered him a soy burger


( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP He ) ) ( VP ( VBD did ) ( RB n't ) ( VP ( VB bite ) ) ) )

He did n't bite


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( NN exhibition ) ) ( PP ( IN by ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S.-U.S.S.R. ) ( NNP Trade ) ( CC and ) ( NNP Economic ) ( NNP Council ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ underscores ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( VBG growing ) ( NNP U.S. ) ( NN interest ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( DT that ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN market ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-ADV ( IN though ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NN trade ) ) ( PP ( IN between ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( CD two ) ( NNS countries ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBZ is ) ( NP-PRD ( DT a ) ( JJ minuscule ) ( QP ( CD 3 ) ( CD billion ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The exhibition by the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council underscores the growing U.S. interest in that nation 's market though trade between the two countries is a minuscule 3 billion


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT The ) ( JJ Soviet ) ( NN president ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( PRP$ his ) ( JJ prime ) ( NN minister ) ) ( NP ( NNP Nikolai ) ( NNP Ryzhkov ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD spent ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJS longest ) ( NN time ) ) ( NP ( QP ( IN about ) ( CD 15 ) ) ( NNS minutes ) ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN at ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP IBM ) ( NN stand ) ) ( SBAR ( WHADVP-1 ( WRB where ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( VP ( VBD got ) ( NP ( NN souvenir ) ( JJ computer-chip ) ( NN key ) ( NNS rings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

The Soviet president and his prime minister Nikolai Ryzhkov spent the longest time about 15 minutes at the IBM stand where they got souvenir computer-chip key rings


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN At ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP GM ) ( NN stall ) ) ) ( NP-SBJ ( PRP they ) ) ( ADVP ( RB barely ) ) ( VP ( VBD looked ) ( PP-CLR ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBG gleaming ) ( NNP Cadillac ) ) ) ( S-ADV ( VP ( VBG preferring ) ( S ( VP ( TO to ) ( VP ( VB talk ) ( PP-CLR ( IN about ) ( NP ( NN cooperation ) ( NNS possibilities ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

At the GM stall they barely looked at a gleaming Cadillac preferring to talk about cooperation possibilities


( S ( PP-LOC ( IN In ) ( NP ( NNP Beijing ) ) ) ( ADVP-TMP ( NN meantime ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNP China ) ) ( VP ( VBD opened ) ( NP ( DT an ) ( JJ international ) ( NN aviation ) ( NN show ) ) ) ) ( CC but ) ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN West ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN embargo ) ) ( PP-LOC ( IN on ) ( NP ( JJ military ) ( NNS deals ) ) ) ) ( CC and ) ( NP ( NP ( NN uncertainty ) ) ( PP ( IN about ) ( NP ( NP ( DT the ) ( NN nation ) ( POS 's ) ) ( NN stability ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD kept ) ( NP ( JJ many ) ( JJ foreign ) ( NNS exhibitors ) ) ( ADVP-CLR ( RB away ) ) ) ) )

In Beijing meantime China opened an international aviation show but the West 's embargo on military deals and uncertainty about the nation 's stability kept many foreign exhibitors away


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NNS Officials ) ) ( VP ( VBD said ) ( SBAR ( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( NP ( CD 91 ) ( NNS companies ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( CD 14 ) ( NNS countries ) ) ( PP ( VBG including ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP U.S. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD had ) ( NP ( NNS displays ) ) ( ADVP ( IN down ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( NP ( IN about ) ( CD 260 ) ( NNS firms ) ) ( PP ( IN from ) ( NP ( QP ( JJR more ) ( IN than ) ( CD 20 ) ) ( NNS countries ) ) ) ) ( PP ( IN at ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( JJ last ) ( NN show ) ( IN in ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Officials said 91 companies from 14 countries including the U.S. had displays down from about 260 firms from more than 20 countries at the last show in


( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( JJ Japanese ) ( NN air-conditioner ) ( NN maker ) ( NNP Daikin ) ( NNPS Industries ) ( NNP Ltd. ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN fined ) ( NP ( NP ( CD two ) ( CD million ) ( NN yen ) ) ( PRN ( NP ( CD 14,000 ) ) ) ) ( PP-PRP ( IN for ) ( S-NOM ( VP ( VBG exporting ) ( PP-CLR ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNP Soviet ) ( NNP Union ) ) ) ( NP ( NP ( DT a ) ( NN chemical ) ( NN solution ) ) ( SBAR ( WHNP-3 ( WDT that ) ) ( S ( VP ( MD could ) ( VP ( VB be ) ( VP ( VBN used ) ( PP-LOC-CLR ( IN in ) ( NP ( JJ missile-guidance ) ( NNS systems ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Japanese air-conditioner maker Daikin Industries Ltd. was fined two million yen 14,000 for exporting to the Soviet Union a chemical solution that could be used in missile-guidance systems


( S ( NP-SBJ ( NP ( DT A ) ( NNP Daikin ) ( NN executive ) ) ( PP ( IN in ) ( NP ( NP ( NN charge ) ) ( PP ( IN of ) ( NP ( NNS exports ) ) ) ) ) ( SBAR-TMP ( WHADVP-2 ( WRB when ) ) ( S ( NP-SBJ-1 ( DT the ) ( NN high-purity ) ( VBD halogenated ) ( NN hydrocarbon ) ) ( VP ( VBD was ) ( VP ( VBN sold ) ( PP-DTV ( TO to ) ( NP ( DT the ) ( NNPS Soviets ) ) ) ( PP-TMP ( IN in ) ( NP ( CD 1986 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( VP ( VBD received ) ( NP ( DT a ) ( VBN suspended ) ( JJ 10-month ) ( NN jail ) ( NN sentence ) ) ) )

A Daikin executive in charge of exports when the high-purity halogenated hydrocarbon was sold to the Soviets in 1986 received a suspended 10-month jail sentence