View: GM not to blame for safety rule clash
Our view argues GM should not bear blame for the NHTSA push to recall older GMC pickups with side-saddle gas tanks. It notes the trucks meet current standards, cites comparable fatality records with rivals, and questions moving from request to order without solid data. The piece links this to a broader South Carolina government reform deadline with five weeks left in session.
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General Motors Ecorp
National
Eighway Traffic Safety Administration
Beyind
ENBC
NHTSA
Ford
Dodge
South Carolina
Senate
Homophonic Virus and Tongue Twists Plague a Sportswriter
A quirky Time magazine feature likens a homophonic virus to malapropisms in sportswriting and language. The piece riffs on toe headed and tow headed, antidotes versus anecdotes, and misused terms from fowl to palate.
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Fort Lauaeraale
Sun Sentne
Vinny Testaverde
Gino Toretto
University of Miami
Random House
Florida
Washington, D.C
del Matto
Columbus
Ohio
Time Magazine
Michael Kramer
Clinton
Kramer
Shakespeare
Claudius
Denmark
Perot Accuses Clinton of Bosnia War Plot
The piece critiques Ross Perot for claiming President Clinton planned a small war in Bosnia to distract from domestic failures. It argues his charge lacks restraint, notes prior political tactics, and claims money buys influence in campaigns while politicians avoid confronting him.
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Ashington
Ross Perot
Clinton
United States
Bosnia
Perot
White House
George Stephanopoulos
Bill Clinton
Grenada
Ronald Reagan
Marine
Beirut
Reagan
Texas
NBC
Agai
Gang Peace Summit Message Falls Short Says Robeson
George Robeson notes the National Urban Peace and Justice Summit in Kansas City failed to deliver concrete changes. He argues the gathering did little beyond restating a truism that gang members should stop killing each other, despite its goal of peace among warring factions.
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Kansas City
Bloods
Watts
Los Angeles County
Ever
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
Cosa Nostra
Los Angeles
Urban Peace & Justice Summit
An Uncommon Man Leads The Band Address Reframed
The piece argues against uniform equality, praising individual excellence and heredity as drivers of achievement. It cites Lincoln, Michael Jordan, Marian Anderson, and Bernstein while condemning standardized equality as weakening schools and the republic’s strength lies in fierce pursuit of truth and freedom to be unequal.
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Lincoln
Michael Jordan
Marian Anderson
Leonard Bernstein
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James J. Kilpatrick
Seattle
Associated Press
New Orleans
Paul Prudhomme
Prudhomme
Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine
Marsh
Donald James
Vienna
Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Tribune Media Services
Othe Joo
Hoss
George Robeson
The
Long Beach, Calif
Press-Telegram
Paul Harvey
Pope
Billy Graham
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