Reagan Latin America policy now clear: Smears and scares
Boston opinion piece critiques Reagan administration Central America strategy. Warns of covert pressure on Nicaragua, U.S. backing of Guatemalan and Salvadoran regimes, and McCarthyist smear tactics to silence critics. Argues isolation and intervention harm regional legitimacy and U.S. interests. Compares to China, Vietnam eras, urging adherence to American principles.
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Latin America
Boston
Central America
Nicaragua
Guatemala
el Salvador
United States
Kirkpatrick
George C. Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Vietnam
Kirkpatrick-Reagan
China
People’s Republic
Mao
America
Far East
Dawes Foretold Steel Rise Amid 1930s Low Mood
A Chicago writer recalls Charles Gates Dawes predicting in 1935 that iron and steel production would rise, signaling improved mood and a stock rebound. The author recounts meetings with Dawes, his interviews at the Chicago Club, and the July 5 steel gain amid lasting debates on when prosperity would truly arrive, ending with a Houston forecast.
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Morning Gazette
Charles Gates Dawes
Dawes
Germany
Japan
Miss Dargan
Chicago
Ethel
Evanston
Windy City
Charlie
U.S
Confusion Over Worse Worst And Pronunciation Truths
The text explains comparative and superlative forms of bad and good, noting worse and worst as correct and worser as incorrect. It also clarifies the idiom worst comes to worst and addresses whether short lived is pronounced with a short or long i sound, concluding short-lived rhymes with hired.
Thoughts From Eastern Iowans Invite Open Forum
Periodic observations from thoughtful Eastern Iowans invited to express themselves here. The topics are unlimited. The views are theirs. Cy Douglass of Marion is a retired journalist who served as bureau chief of the Associated Press in Oklahoma City, Boston and Des Moines. Later he was executive director of the United Nations Association's Iowa Division.
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Cy Douglass
Marion
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Boston
Des Moines
United Nations Association
Iowa
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