The Friendly Skies How Safe Are They
An editorial questions U S air travel safety amid near misses and a high workload for air traffic controllers. It cites 1982 to 1986 near misses, argues for more FAA inspectors and 1 000 new controllers by 1988, and supports mandatory transponders on private planes.
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Aeromexico
Cerritos
Calif
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Line Pilots Association
U.S
America
Reagan
Congress
Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
ATC
Eastern Airlines
FAA
Gorbachev Proposes Elections Reform in Soviet Union
The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev suggests multiple candidates per office and secret ballots. He calls for more women and youth, and nonparty citizens to be elected, stoking controversy about Western influence and party control.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Moscow
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Repetition does not make a lie truth says F D Roosevelt
Thought for today quotes Franklin D. Roosevelt noting repetition cannot turn falsehood into truth. The line underscores skepticism toward repeated misinformation.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
A Trick For Who And Whom In Grammar Notes
The essay argues overuse and misapplication of who vs whom, citing Follett and multiple newspaper examples. It reviews testing devices, recalls Stockton Record errors, and mocks misplaced commas while praising the precision of whoever is proper as subject and whom as object.
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Wilson Follett
Follett
Gannett
North
Poindexter
Regan
Stockton
Sacramento
Coldwater
Mich
Daily Reporter
Maria
Associated Press
T.S. Eliot
Eliot
Carl Sandburg’s
Jefferson Reporter
Wrens, Ga
Optimist Club
The Fickle Hand of Fate Hounds Bush in 1988 Run
Washington insiders analyze George Bush prospects as transcam turmoil and Reagan era baggage threaten his 1988 bid. Critics warn his vice presidential maneuvering may fail like Humphrey Mondale and endanger his campaign in Iowa and Michigan amid Robertson challenge.
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Washington
George Bush
Bush
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Oval Office
George
Humphrey
LBJ
Richard Nixon
Fritz Mondale
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Ted van Dyke
Michigan
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Sen
Bob Dole
Outlaw Hero Los Alambrados Captures Texas Imagination
The piece surveys a cultural shift in Texas where illegal immigrants are celebrated as folk heroes in music and film. It notes Spanish language broadcasts praising Los Alambrados and portrayals of illegal immigrants as protagonists, with immigration enforcement vilified. It also highlights Houston theater and Hollywood trends amid state budget strains and debates spurred by the Simpson-Rodino law.
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Texas
Davey Crockett
Sam Houston
Los Alambrados
Wall Street Journal
Matt Moffett
Los Tlegales
la Migra
United States
Houston
Zopilote
Mr. Migra
Immigration Service
Chicago
Hollywood
NASA
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Russia
Universal Press Syndicate
Veep
Iran
White House
Pat
Destiny
Robertson
Joe
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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