Why the press stamps flowers in the modern age
In a reflective column the author argues the press bears harsh scrutiny yet defends aggressive reporting as the price for a free press. He cites Bernhard Goetz, Ariel Sharon, and Westmoreland to illustrate the spotlight and defends journalists as generally decent, noting they may ruin a few flower beds in pursuit of truth.
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Ariel Sharon
Time Magazine
William Westmoreland
CBS
Cuba
Sen
George McGovern
Potemkin Village
Castro
Raul
McGovern
Hell’s Angels
Congress
Founding Fathers
Vietnamese rout Khmer Rouge in western Cambodia drive
Vietnamese troops overran Khmer Rouge strongholds in the western Cambodia mountains near Phum Thmei and Phnom Malai after days of artillery fire. The border force commander said the guerrilla complex may fall today as refugees stream toward Thailand, with up to 40 000 fleeing camps.
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Khao Sarapee
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Pol Pot
Khao Din
Phnom Malai
Chettha Thannajaro
Phum Thmei
Khmer Rouge
Salya Sriphen
Khan Din
Aranyaprathet
Sarapee Hill
Battambang
Khmer People’s National Liberation Front
Prachiburi
Einstein brain study links more glial cells to genius
UC Berkeley anatomy professor Marian Diamond reports in Science that Einstein's brain contained about 73 percent more supporting glial cells than a typical brain and notes the finding could reflect larger neurons or more neuron processes. The brain died 30 years earlier in 1955.
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Berkeley
Calif
Marian Diamond
Albert Einstein
Diamond
University of California
Science Magazine
Einstein
Reagan cancels West Germany trip for Strasbourg speech
President Reagan scales back European visit to speak to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on May 8 35 and cut two days from the trip citing domestic legislative matters. Also reports on Social Security reinstatement notices for 90000 former beneficiaries and a fatal car crash in Los Angeles involving Amanda Accardi.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Reagan
West Germany
White House
Larry Speakes
Europe
European Parliament
Strasbourg
France
Speakes
Amanda Joy Accardi
Michael Accardi
Amanda
Cedars- Sinai Medical Center
California Highway Patrol
Jim Kirkpatrick
Golden State
Los Angeles
Kirkpatrick
Brezhnev’s son-in-law loses high post in Moscow
Yuri Churbanov, 48, son-in-law of Leonid Brezhnev, has been removed as first deputy interior minister and downgraded in rank. A ministry official said the demotion occurred in December after he had held the post since February 1980. It was unclear if his military rank of lieutenant general was affected.
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Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Yuri Churbanov
Galina
Interior Ministry
Churbanov
Ship fire kills 34 on Indian vessel in Bay of Bengal
A government spokesman said an illegal cooking stove may have started a blaze on the M V Chidambaram in the Bay of Bengal. The fire on Tuesday on the upper deck 310 miles east of the Indian coast killed 34 people. The liner carried 702 passengers and 186 crew.
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New Delhi
India
Bay of Bengal
M.V. Chidambaram
Mandela kept in prison after bid for freedom rejected
South Africa's President P W Botha says Nelson Mandela will stay jailed after he rejected a conditional offer of freedom. In Iraq, jets raid Persian Gulf targets near Kharg Island and strike Iranian positions as a Liberian tanker reports damage.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
P.W. Botha
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress
Baghdad
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Iran
Kharg Island
Neptunia
Bushehr
Kharg
Gazette Wire Services
Soviet Plan Aims To Trim Central European Forces
Moscow proposes US withdrawal of 13 000 troops from central Europe while the Soviet Union cuts its contingent by 20 000. The plan includes verification through observation points and outlines a staged reduction to 900 000 per side. Washington welcomed the proposal as a further Warsaw Pact position development.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Europe
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Vladimir Lomeiko
Vienna
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United States
Washington
State Department
Middle East
Viktor Issraelyan
Thomas O’neill
Vladimir Shcherbitsky
Shcherbitsky
Lomeiko
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Someiko
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Mexico
Chicago
Japan
Robert Fontaine
Centers For Disease Control
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