Dark Horse Rise In Democratic Race Adds Momentum
The Democratic field for 1988 expands with Gary Hart at the front and rivals Albert Gore Jr and Paul Simon, plus Bruce Babbitt and Michael Dukakis. Biden and Gephardt draw attention as conservative and liberal wings test Hart. March 8 Super Tuesday looms as first decisive barometer of post Reagan politics.
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Oval Office
Gary Hart
Tennessee
Albert Gore Jr
Illinois
Paul Simon
Hart
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Mr. Hart
Ronald Reagan
America
Walter Mondale
Americans For Democratic Action
Senate
Georgia
Sam Nunn
Dwight Eisenhower
Delaware
Joseph Biden
Missouri
Richard Gephardt
John Kennedy
Jfk
Hubert Humphrey
Biden
Pierre du Pont
White House
Plight of Poverty in Children Cited by Defense Fund
A Washington report from the Children’s Defense Fund warns of high poverty among U.S. children and outlines troubling trends from infancy to teen years. It calls for a comprehensive preventive investment in children and families, urging public action beyond officials.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Children’s Defense Fund
America
CDF
United States
Japan
White House
Trinidad and Tobago
The Writer's Art Tools For The Trade
A writer needs a surface and a writing instrument plus a good working dictionary. The piece lists multiple dictionaries and reference works for etymology usage quotations slang and style. It recommends Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate American Heritage Second College Edition and a host of other sources for deeper digging and style guidance.
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American Heritage
Random House
Bartlett
H.L. Mencken
Harold Wentworth
Stuart Berg Flexner
Eric Partridge
C.O. Sylvester Mawson
Charles Berlitz
Hammond Barnhart
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Laurence Urdang
CIA Should Protect Embassies Abroad
A provocative essay argues Marines at U.S. embassies abroad are vulnerable to espionage and misused as guards. It calls for replacing Marines with security professionals, like the Secret Service or CIA, and emphasizes planning and imagination over bravado in safeguarding embassies.
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CIA
Iron Curtain
Iran
Pantifindhaand Actovict
Secret Service
Striped Pants Brigade
Washington
State
West
Germany
Berlin Wall
NATO
Gorbachev
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