New Right Disenchantment With Reagan’s Foreign Policy Grows
The New Right, led by figures like Jeane Kirkpatrick, clashes with the Reagan administration over policy toward the Soviet Union Taiwan South Africa Israel and the Persian Gulf. Critics like Joseph Churba charge Reaganism is missing, arguing Haig’s European view shapes a policy divergent from Reagan’s campaign promises and neo conservative aims. The result is a reactive, crisis driven approach seen as ineffective and eroding U.S. prestige worldwide.
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Smith Hempstone
New Right
Reagan
United Nations
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Alexander Haig
Kirkpatrick
Taiwan
South Africa
Latin America
Middle East
Israel
Persian Gulf
Ronald Reagan
Joseph Churba
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Washington Times
Jeffrey St. John
Churba
Goring Churba
White House
NATO
Haig
America
Choices Ahead for Aiken County Government Reform
Aiken County leaders discuss a shift in government form including council/administrator council/manager and council/supervisor models. Voters in November will decide single district versus at large representation as The Aiken Standard pledges extensive coverage to inform thoughtful consideration.
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Aiken County
Aiken Standard
Aiken plant keeps seven days a week operations
Riegel Textile Corporation reports its Convenience Products Division in Aiken runs 24 hours daily with high employment. Demand remains strong for baby wipes and disposable diapers though third quarter profits may not meet earlier expectations. Management remains optimistic that long standing good practices will lift profits over time.
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Riegel Textile Corporation
Convenience Products Division
Aiken
Riegel
Robert E. Coleman
Thought For Today Quote by Oscar Wilde
A reflective maxim notes no man can buy back his past, underscoring the permanence of time and moral choices. The saying rests on Wilde’s enduring claim that past actions shape present life beyond monetary repair.
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Oscar Wilde
Begin profile portrays a survivor shaping Middle East power
New York City reports a sweeping portrait of Menachem Begin as a restless survivor who rose to lead Israel and now directs the Lebanon invasion. The piece weighs his hard line on security against credibility concerns at the UN and in world capitals, noting his stubborn yet calculating approach to history.
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New York City
Menachem Begin
Lebanon
Middle East
Begin
Siberia
Jabotinsky
Irgun
Knesset
David Ben Gurion
Israel
PLO
U.N
Woodrow Wilson
Begin Doubttless
Wine as a 1980s status symbol and culture shift
Ashley Cooper surveys the rise of wine as a status marker joining gold and fashion. The piece notes wine seminars scene in America, European shifts toward beer, and the fad of tasting and judging vintages while critiquing wine snobbery and breathing debates.
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Carrol H. Warner
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W. Scott Barnes
Dovish
Ashley Cooper
Carter Tank
Santos Watch
Calvin Klein
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Barbara Burke
France
Ae Ay
Ms. Burke
W. C. Fields
Robert Benchley
U. S
St. Laurent
U.S
Fullerton
Calif
N.Y
Fat City
California
Spain
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