Remedies Offered To Cut Post Office Costs
Budget cuts threaten reduced post office services as Congress saddled the Postal Service with 2 billion in new costs. Postmaster General Preston Tisch warns of shorter hours slower deliveries and job losses. Critics point to private contracting and privatization as cost savers.
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Farrell Rodgers
Congressional
Washington
Congress
Preston Tisch
Grace Commission
General Accounting Office
Post Office Department
U. S. Postal Service
William Bolger
Albatross weighs on Bush campaign over Iran Contra
The Iran Contra affair echoes in Washington as CIA chief Webster purges officials and new Poindexter notes suggest Bush backed arms sales to Iran. Pardons for Poindexter McFarland North Secord could haunt Bush, seen as rewarding law skirters and burdening his presidential bid.
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Washington
Bush
Ronald Reagan
White House
CIA
William Webster
Central America
Oliver North
Congress
Webster
North
Senate
House
John M. Poindexter
Reagan
Iran
Poindexter
Robert McFarland
Air Force
Richard V. Secord
Lawrence Walsh
Thought For Today Quote From Goethe on Rule and Governance
A concise Thought For Today quotes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe noting that ruling is easy but governing is hard. The line reflects on leadership challenges and enduring wisdom attributed to the 18th century writer and philosopher.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Boesky Faces Three Years In Lompoc Camp Not Prison
The judge sent Ivan Boesky to a minimum security facility in California for three years. The article describes life in the camp with dormitory housing, minimal guards, on site recreation, education programs, a modest cafeteria, and a structured eight hour workday. It contrasts his prior wealth with the simpler prison life.
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Ivan Boesky
Wall Street
Boesky
Lompoc
Calif
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Furniture Fac
Gary Hart Returns in a Political Miniseries Style Campaign
The Chicago Tribune frames Gary Hart’s return as a dramatic political comeback. It contrasts his public persona with media culture and poll driven campaigns, arguing Hart embodies a populist hero while facing the realities of presidential politics and enduring scrutiny.
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Colorado
Gary Hart
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