View From The Seat on the Koresh Standoff Fallout
Our view cautions that blame for the Branch Davidian tragedy rests with Koresh and his followers not federal agents. After seven weeks, Janet Reno authorized tear gas to end the standoff, arguing it was the least forceful option. The fire reportedly started by Koresh and his adherents led to many deaths, including four ATF agents.
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Koresh
FBI
ATF
Jesus Christ
Janet Reno
No More Cliches Shouted In A Public Plea For Fresh Phrasing
A columnist cites Frances Peters from Franklin North Carolina listing overused phrases and urges writers to abandon clichés. The piece mocks phrases like it remains to be seen and other stock lines from Justice and newspaper editorials.
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Frances Peters
Franklin, N.C
Clinton health care debate framed by Godfather analogy
Associate editor Dusty Nix argues health care reform faces a political trap. He notes job growth in health services spurs costs and calls for linking job creation to net economic gains while recognizing PAC influence and the broader bureaucratic system behind reform efforts.
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Abor Department
David Hiles
Hiles
Labor Department
Michael Corleone
Cuomo and Jackson Drift From Prime Politics to Silence
New York Governor Mario Cuomo rules out a Supreme Court seat and eyes a possible fourth term as governor. Jesse Jackson withdraws from NAACP director considerations and wanders the political scene with a CNN show and ballot access debates. Both linger in the outer orbit of public life as Clinton shapes policy and media battles.
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Ashington
New York
Mario Cuomo
Supreme Court
Byron White
Albany
N.Y
Cuomo
Jesse Jackson
NAACP
Jackson
Bill Clinton
White House
Cuomo Won't Leave His Desk In the Governor’s
Rainbow Coalition
Clinton
Rupert Murdoch
New York Post
Haiti
CNN
District of Columbia
New York State
Atlanta
San Francisco
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Arkansas
Texas
New Hampshire
The Private Bonanza In Foreign Aid Exposed
The piece exposes how tens of millions annually fundraisers siphon US foreign aid to contractors and charities. It notes high salaries, costly fundraising, opaque AID spending, and multiple American groups profiting while aid to Russia and the former Soviet Union remains opaque and vulnerable to graft. The article criticizes lawmakers and lobbyists blocking cuts.
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South Florida
Chicago
Clinton
Russia
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S. Agency For International Development
AID
Congress
Tom Foley
Reengae State University
Moscow
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