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Many Russians are deeply disillusioned with the government's inability to halt the country's economic slide, but they have concentrated on personal survival. ,t Protest organizers have sought to turn the private frustrations into public rallies that could draw as many as 40 million people around the country, according to Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov. Russian labor unions say up to U I) I'mui. www.heraldextra.com wages. Soaring inflation. Lost jobs. Russians have endured a bitter, economic crisis with few public outbursts, but hundreds of thousands, if not millions, are expected to march in nationwide demonstrations today in what's forecast to be one of the country. One of K Visit us online r r "re By GREG MY RE Associated Press Writer IWX.THI UAIl.Y III mid-Augus- t, G 0k MWIM MARMl K Ik- mkuIiiI l'a On alert: A police officer patrols a street in downtown Moscow on Tuesday. 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By CURT ANDERSON AP Tax Writer ..WASHINGTON Acknowledging their $80 billion tax cut has no chance of passing the, Senate, Republican leaders are assembling a minimal package that would renew expiring business tax credits and possibly include a few nuggets for favored groups such as farmers and the elderly. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, wouldn't officially pronounce the death bill of, the Tuesday, insisting that "parts of it might still be salvaged" in the smaller package. But Lott's chief of staff, J. David Hoppe, wrote the White House that the package fell victim to Democratic resistance. President Clinton vowed to veto the tax cuts because they would spend part of the projected budget surplus instead of reserving House-passe- )m rat fry XMk ? f.7.7" ;;.' , ; :, Afc-A,-vV.'-;7-- --- , d "every penny" for Social Security. "Our attempt to help the American people by cutting their taxes will have to wait for another day," Hoppe wrote. 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