Political Career Beckons for Editorial Voices
A coffee shop quip hints at a shift in candidate recruitment from lawyers and generals to media figures and other public voices. The piece notes two leading GOP finalists are editorial writers Steve Forbes and Pat Buchanan, praising outspoken stance and willingness to face heat. Columnist Jim Wright.
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Steve Forbes
Life
Forbes Magazine
Pat Buchanan
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Jim Wright
Dole Faces Party Feud as Olive Branch Fails to Appease
Columnist Sandy Grady argues that Bob Dole should offer peace to Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes to unite the Republicans. He notes bitter feuds, stubborn crusades, and Dole's pride as key obstacles to capturing the 1996 nomination and securing unity.
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Bob Dole
Bosnia
Belfast
Beirut
Pat Buchanan
Steve Forbes
Abe Lincoln
Pat the
Pug
Zillionaire
Steve
Buchanan
Forbes
Sandy Grady
Aiken Standard Subscriber Help and Contact Hours
Contact details for the Aiken Standard include location at 124 Rutland Drive P O Box 456 Aiken 29802 and office hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday to Friday Delivery problems should be reported to 649 5315 and circulation hours extend to 5 30 p m weekdays 7 00 to 10 30 a m Saturdays and 7 to 11 a m Sundays Switchboard and fax numbers are 648 2311 and 648 6052 Story ideas and publisher contact are available through 648 2311 with Scott B Hunter listed as publisher reachable at that number.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard
Scott B. Hunter
Energy Secretary Starts Defense Waste Processing Facility
Energy Secretary Hazel O Leary activates the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site. The $2.4 billion plant ends 13 years of construction and delays and aims to permanently dispose of 34 million gallons of waste from 51 underground tanks using vitrification. DWPF will employ about 750 workers with a $140 million annual budget.
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DWPF
Waste to glass billets stored in tall stainless canisters
The DWPF begins operations at the Savannah River Site as the nation’s largest nuclear waste processing facility. Secretary O’Leary praises progress in stabilizing high level waste and reducing hazards while noting the project’s role in enabling broader nuclear power expansion. Credit is given to DOE, Westinghouse Savannah River, and Du Pont for bringing the facility to completion.
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Clinton
DOE
DWPF
Washington
Savannah River
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du Pont Co
Westinghouse
du Pont and
Flip flops in politics questioned amid calls for consistency
A columnist argues that changing views in light of new evidence is natural and necessary. The piece cites George Bush and President Clinton, defending flexibility in leadership, criticizing the demand for rigid, absolutist positions as outdated in a changing world.
Do we want thinking people or robots in politics
Columnist Meg Greenfield argues consistency in politics curbs imagination and blocks new solutions. The piece warns against pressuring leaders to never change views, noting public insistence on unchanging stances damages democracy and problem solving. It ends urging voters to support thinking people.
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Meg Greenfield
New Hampshire
Kansas
William Allen White
Emporia
Joseph Addison
Buchanan Hits the Campaign Trail in SC Primary
The letter cites Pat Buchanan taking 30 percent in South Carolina's Republican primary against Dole and others. It criticizes the media and government reports on gun laws, arguing the Brady Law curbed few handgun purchases and that crime drops began before the law. It calls media bias and political spin pervasive.
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Pat Buchanan
South Carolina
Bob Dole
Lamar Alexander
Steve Forbes
Strom Thurmond
David Beasley
Carroll Campbell
Bill Bennett
Floyd Spence
High and Mighty
NBC
ABC
CBS
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Feds
Reno
Rubin
Clinton
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GAO
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George Bush
Balderdash
America
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