F-15 Sales Tone Down Amid Gulf Crisis Debate
U.S. lawmakers criticize Saudi Arabia over the Stark attack and call for halting further F-15 sales. The piece argues against using arms sales as friendship tests and warns such policy could backfire, urging incentives for peace in the Gulf.
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Persian Gulf
Pentagon
White House
Congress
Stark
Gulf
U.S
Robert G. Torricelli
D-N.j
United States
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Washington
Nicaragua
Middle East
Iran
India leader uses foreign hand scapegoat amid setbacks
Rajiv Gandhi intensifies anti Western rhetoric blaming foreign hands for political and economic woes. Despite pledges to curb corruption and leadership changes, relations with the United States sour as India seeks more foreign investment and opposes Western policy, while domestic defeats and policy failures mount.
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India
Rajiv Gandhi
Indira
Gandhi
Mr. Gandhi
Congress Party
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
U.S
Reagan
Pakistan
Afghanistan
View Beyond This World and Channeling Pseudoscience
A Los Angeles Times Syndicate column surveys belief in extraterrestrials and channeling. It notes televangelists and movie stars promote occult ideas, charging fees for sessions, and warns of financial exploitation amid rising disillusionment with traditional religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley MacLaine Ma
Atlantis
California
Money shapes the 1988 presidential race dynamics
The piece compares money in politics to real life, noting George Bush and Bob Dole hold over 3 million and 2 million respectively while Jack Kemp trails with debt. It argues money affects credentials and campaign reach but cannot substitute personal appeal, citing Hart’s 1984 surge as a turning point. Kemp faces tighter margins in early primary states.
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Washington
George Bush
Senate
Bob Dole
Jack Kemp
Sen
Joseph Biden
Delaware
Bush
Political Action Committee
Kemp
Gary Hart
Dartmouth
Hart
Iowa
New Hampshire
Dole
Walter F. Mondale
John Glenn
Texas
Florida
North Carolina
Mondale
No Prejudice in Media Seen in Minority Coverage
A Tribune Media Service analysis argues that mainstream outlets avoid painting minorities as inherently inferior. It notes ongoing coverage of poverty, crime, and unemployment as systemic factors, and questions Jesse Jackson’s claims of white-biased reporting while highlighting the complexity of race in American news.
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Jesse Jackson
Chicago
Jackson
America
Jezebel
Jesse
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Los Angeles Times Syndicate
MR. Headrest
Aiken Standard
P. O
Aiken
S.C
Tribune Media Service
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