Kremlin Deal Tempers Putin Bid and Duma Unity
Editorials condemn a backroom deal that gave the Communist speaker’s post in the Duma, provoking walkouts by centrists and risking less reform. Putin, praised for Chechnya policy, faces a test as Unity and others fear reduced liberal momentum before the March presidential vote.
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Russia
Vladimir Putin
Duma
Putin
Grozny
Kremlin
Unity
Gennady Seleznyov
Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
USDA vows public recalls alerts but gaps remain
Policy moves to alert the public when recalls are issued may improve safety yet miss many consumers. Notices show regions of distribution but exclude retailer and restaurant sourcing details, and trade secrets blur who bought tainted products.
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USS. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Conservative view on national monuments sparks green debate
The author praises President Clinton for designating the Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument while conservatives remain skeptical of environmentalist aims. Peter Huber argues conservatives should embrace land preservation as a principle, trusting wealth and free markets to expand wilderness and reduce scarcity.
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Bill Clinton
Clinton
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Republcan
National Park
Peter Huber
Huber
Manhattan Institute
MIT
Harvard
Teddy Roosevelt
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
Earth
Pentti Linkola
Race's role in Demo primary in Des Moines
The piece notes both Al Gore and Bill Bradley promise justice for minorities while facing different race strategies. Bradley elevates race as a campaign priority, Clinton era politics loom, and black and Latino voter support currently favors Gore. Iowa shows low minority presence as Bradley foresees a protracted campaign beyond New Hampshire.
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Des Moines
al Gore
Bill Bradley
Bradley
Bill Clinton
Clinton
Jesse Jackson
Rainbow Coalition
Sister Souljah
Jackson
Alabama
Philadelphia
Walter Mondale
Michael Dukakis
New York Knicks
Walt Frazier
Willis Reed
Earl Monroe
Boston Celtics
Bill Russell
New Jersey
Clinton-Gore
Monica Lewinsky
Gore
Alexis Herman
Bill Richardson
Iowa
Des ‘Moines
Hightower hits jail talk and pentacouncil flaws
A letter writer commends Willar Hightower for his jail proposal critique and accuses the pentacouncil of limited discussion and shifting votes. The piece cites October pay raise rescission debates, calls for voter action, and notes four pentacouncil members up for re election. Carl White comments on media and economy debate.
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Hightower
Aiken County
Willar Hightower
Willar
Young
McKenzie
Butler
Osbon
Randall
Rawls
Giddings
Napier
Penta-Council
Roland Smith
Penta- Council
Richard K. Napier Aiken
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Aka-Media
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