Main Street diplomacy grows in local government across America
Local governments push foreign policy stances on defense, immigration, trade and human rights alongside budget issues, drawing ire from Washington. From nuclear free zones and South Africa divestment to police noncooperation with INS, cities claim grass roots diplomacy while officials warn of illegal acts and constitutional limits.
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America
Washington
State Department
United States
Dab
Edward
Department
Lee Hunt
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Interna
Tionalist Bug
Michael Shuman
Center For Innovative Diplomacy
San Francisco
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Latin America
South Africa
New York
Oakland
Calif
Cern
Takoma Park
Steve del Giudice
Maryland
New York City
Koch
Reagan
Sphere by Michael Crichton explores alien contact undersea
In New York AP coverage ofSphere Crichton's sixth novel an astrophysicist zoologist logician and psychologist dive 1000 feet under the Pacific to study a space object aboard a submerged ship As the team decodes messages on a computer the plot pits science branches against each other and features a chilling yes no exchange with the alien intelligence amid heavy technical exposition
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New York
Michael Crichton
Pacific Ocean
Miss Texas Teenager 1987 Pageant Seeks Contestants
Texas aims to pick a representative for the Miss Teen All-American finals in Miami Beach. Final rounds are Aug 29 and 30 at Wyndham Hotel in Houston. Candidates must be at least 14 and under 19 by December 31, 1987 and can request free entry information by sending name address age and phone to Miss Texas Teenager, 14806 Waiters Road, Houston, TX 77068. Entries are limited and deadline approaches.
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Texas
Miami Beach
Wyndham Hotel
Houston
Waiters Road
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