Opening Japan Markets Needs Realistic Approach
Our view argues Japan should realistically open its markets to U S goods. It notes five years after a Los Angeles summit the United States seeks broader access for American rice and other products while Japan weighs tariff cuts and marketing allowances amid parliament scrutiny. It urges Japan’s leaders to act and reciprocate if results follow.
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
Los Angeles
United States
Japan
Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry
USS
America
Court of Peeves in Session on Language Lawmill
The winter assizes hear quirks of English usage. Sid Rosenblatt seeks a ruling on feel vs feel badly and other copula issues. The court overrules earlier stances, clarifies historic versus historical, basic versus basically, and notes shifts on nuance in sentences about AIDS and other topics.
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Sid Rosenblatt
Lake Worth
Fla
Sen. Kennedy
Syndicate
de- Allen D. Howland
Greenville
S.C
Newsweek
Gilda Gray
Ted Clement
Portland
Ore
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
FICA tax hike sparks outcry and budget fears
A reader argues the January 1 FICA increase from 7.51% to 7.65% and the rise in wage base to 51,300 will raise taxes, burden lower earners, and strain Social Security. The letter warns of a looming unfunded Baby Boomer retirement, urges tackling deficits, and calls for using Social Security funds for long term investments.
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Morel
Asa 1 T
Frere
Socal Security
Congress
Gramm-Rudman
Social Security Administration
Treasury Department
FICA
Ldas
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
N.Y
American Gulag on the Rhine sparks debate on postwar crimes
The piece recounts Vaclav Havel and others weighing the treatment of German POWs in Allied zones, citing James Bacque’s Other Losses and claims of starvation, confinement, and alleged war crime levels. It contrasts Eisenhower era actions with Patton’s cautions, urging reflection and clarification by the American public.
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Vaclev Havel
West Germany
Havel
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Hitler
Europe
Truman
Stalin
Anne O’hare McCormick
New York Times
Toronto
Stoddart Press
U.S
James Bacque
Lower Rhine
Rhine
Red Cross
Naples
Dachau
Buchenwald
United States Army
Andersonville
U.S. Army
Holland
Matthew ‘Taylor
101St Airborne
US. Army
Ernest F. Fisher Jr
Bacque
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ske
Mamie
Wermacht
Patton
Ike
Canada
Saturday Night Magazine
Eisenhowers
Stephen E. Ambrose
Col. Fisher
Joring
Aosteicher
Fight On Drug Plague Spurs Global Prayer And Policy Debate
A sweeping alarm notes drug violence in Colombia and the U S with judges killed, hundreds of devices triggered, and growing corruption. It cites congressional responses, Biden proposed funding, more police, a overburdened courts, and calls for a national prayer focus amid rising cocaine impact, worker misuse, and a large 1989 anti drug budget.
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Colombia
South America
Congress
Joe Biden
Washington, D.C
United States
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