Editorial on oil prices and energy policy in Akron Beacon Journal
The piece examines volatile oil markets driven by OPEC and geopolitical factors, noting crude hits nine year highs and fluctuates. It argues for a rational energy policy, cautions against panic, and urges preparedness and efficiency rather than drastic measures or drilling in the Arctic refuge.
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Iran
Saudi Arabia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Mexico
Vienna
Bill Richardson
Secretary of Energy
Persian Gulf
United States
Congress
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Arctic Wildlife Refuge
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Zimbabwean President Presses Land Reform Plan Again
Less than a month after Zimbabweans rejected Mugabe's plan to confiscate 1,500 commercial farms without compensation the government moved to push the land redistribution measure through the outgoing parliament disappointing farmers and trading partners while alienating voters who cast a no vote nearly 55 percent in February.
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Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe
Britain
Mugabe
Letters to the editor on flag, faith, and reform in South Carolina
A reader urges teaching all history to judge the Confederate flag’s place on the South Carolina Dome, questions who guides moral change, and argues for open discussion. The letter also criticizes NAACP activism and endorses the Aiken County Reform Party over the Republican Party, urging conservative integrity and church-led moral action.
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South Carolina State
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Gen. Lee
Dr. King
South Carolina State Dome
South Carolina
NAACP
America
Christ
Reform Party
Republican
Aiken County Reform Party
Aiken County
Republican Party
Aiken
Aiken Standard Seeks Brief Letters with Signatures and Contact Info
The Aiken Standard welcomes Letters to the Editor and asks writers to include signature, mailing address, and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. All letters may be edited. Address Letters to Editor at Aiken Standard PO Box 456 Aiken SC 29802 or email siggpip to Arnancett or fax to 806-648-608.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Gore Graham ticket would reshape Florida 1998 race
Tom Fiedler argues a Gore Graham ticket could swing Florida to Democrats, forcing a Bush-Graham showdown in a pivotal 1998 campaign. He notes Graham’s potential running mate viability and Florida’s decisive role, predicting a high-stakes battle if Gore selects Graham and faces Jeb Bush.
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Florida
Jeb Bush
Lawton Chiles
Buddy MacKay
Bob Graham
Gore
Texas
Bush
Bill Clinton
Graham
Senate
Veep
White House
George W
Jeb
New York
Bert
Hillary
Rudy
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State House
Mr. Gallman
Confederacy
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