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finish the budget-balancing attempt going on in Washington. They would even accept cuts bigger than the 1% across-the-board cut Republicans have passed and which House Minority leader Dick Gephardt (D.-Mo.) claims will '"11 people" President Clinton, who plans to veto the measure, said it would "gut our military," even though the cut would still leave Pentagon spending higher than what Clinton had requested. According to the NTU, 68.6% of Americans preferred "cut spending by 4.3% for all programs except Social Security and Medicare" to the option that Congress "raise taxes" (favored by 9.4%). "Use money in the Social Security Trust Fund to pay for current federal programs" garnered 8.1%. "For the better part of the 1990s, politicians have raised the budget bar by spending tax dollars far faster than the rate of inflation:' said NTU President John Berthoud. "The verdict is already in: A modest across-theboard program of spending restraint is the best way for Congress and President Clinton to clear their remai ig budget hurdles."

CATHOLICS &DOGMA: The Catholic

League for Religious and Civil Rights has obtained 300,000 signatures on a petition to Walt Disney Co. head Michael Eisner demanding that Disney separate itself from Miramax, a film distributor. Miramax was going to distribute the controversial-film Dogma, which many consider blasphemous, but after Disney ordered it not to, Miramax executives Harvey and Bob Weinstein decided to distribute it personally.

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