Reagan offers peace plan for Central America with carrot and stick
The piece analyzes President Reagan's Central America peace plan, noting Ortega's conditional support and mixed reactions. It flags the proposal as a take it or leave it option, with incentives for Sandinistas and risks for U.S. backing, while forecasting Congressional scrutiny and potential delays.
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Central America
Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Iowa
Tom Harkins
Reagan
United States
Congress
Ortega
Space art fears eclipse of serious astronomy during Eiffel Tower centennial
Global astronomers warn against 1989 mad-dream sun reflectors and light rings that could litter space with debris. A 15 mile ring of six-foot spheres and a cross shaped sail risks collisions, damaging satellites and hindering spaceflight.
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Eiffel Tower
Earth
Bush's poised image hides a wary campaign edge
The piece examines George H. W. Bush as a long-experienced, well-funded figure facing a brutal primary. It questions his awareness of how rivals will weaponize his Army-Navy game excuse and notes his shift toward education policy as he nears a declared run.
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Bush
Reagan
National Security Council
State and Defense
CIA
NSC
George Shultz
Caspar Weinberger
Shultz
Weinberger
George
Persian Gulf
Iran
Greenwich
Yale
Greencastle
Ind
Ball State College
Government of lawyers marines and one actor
In a satirical look at the Iran contra hearings a narrator weighs which lawyer to retain for a trial. The piece parodies figures like Arthur Liman John Nields Orrin Hatch Brendan Sullivan Richard Beckler Edwin Meese Warren Rudman and others while hinting at the political theater surrounding the case. It ends by musing on the actor and TV cameras in court.
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New York
Arthur Liman
Senate
Committee
Liman
Will Rogers
House
John Nields
Gary Cooper
Pal
Nields
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Supreme Court Timber
Hatch
Reagan
Brendan Sullivan
Richard Beckler
North
Poindexter
Sullivan
Beckler
D.A
Edwin Meese
Meese
White House
Warren Rudman
Boston College Law
New Hampshire
Perry Mason
Hamilton
University of Indiana Law School
Senator Sarbanes of
Maryland
Harvard Law Cum Laude
Henry Hyde
Peter Rodino
Louis Stokes
Cohen
Mitchell
FCC scraps fairness doctrine but leaves broad impact uncertain
FCC unanimous move to abandon the fairness doctrine raises questions about licensee responsibility for presenting opposing views. The piece argues broadcasters gain freedom, but cites congressional pushback and Supreme Court precedent, noting market forces may sustain fair coverage despite deregulation. It references the 1969 WGCB case and Justice White on licensing power.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Supreme Court
FCC
Florida
Commission
Capitol Hill
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
John Dingell
Michigan
Reagan
WGCB
Pennsylvania
Billy James Hargis
Hargis
Fred Cook
Barry Goldwater
Cook
Byron White
White
Universal Press Syndicate
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John Donnelly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
U.S
Jim Wright
Wright
George Bush
Globe
Potemkin Village
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Ollie North
Gonts Investiga
Thebeuwe
Government
Russell Baker
New York Times Service
James J. Kilpatrick Market
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