Iowans affirm mixed votes for Harkin and Branstad
The Iowa electorate re-elected U S Senator Tom Harkin and Governor Terry Branstad in contrasting races. Voters backed incumbents with divergent records while debating abortion and choice. They conveyed satisfaction with performance yet stressed ongoing civic engagement and state concerns.
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Tom Harkin
U.S. Senate
Tom Tauke
Terry Branstad
Harkin
Branstad
Don Avenson
Tauke
Iowa Opinion: Protect the process in 2nd District race
The piece defends Iowa’s clean election record amid 11th hour voter registration allegations in the Tabor for Congress campaign and Linn County dispute. It urges accountability if wrongdoing is proven, notes Tabor’s limited involvement, and warns against loosening election laws that could compromise integrity and trust in the democratic process.
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Congress
Tabor
Jim Nussle
GOP
Eric Tabor
Linn County
Iowa
Iraq's Al Qaqaa secrets threaten world survival and missiles
The piece warns that Iraq's hidden HMX and RDX program, aided by elusive detonators, could enable a nuclear device. It argues Saddam Hussein's regime may possess both explosive材料 and triggers, risking U S and allied lives within striking distance, with the imminent danger framed as two minutes to midnight.
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Washington
al Qaqaa
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Farzad Bazoft
Bush
White House
U.S
Saddam
London
Heathrow
Middle East
Mauritania
Paris
Hussein
What makes Americans sleepy about elections
In a careful critique, the author contrasts American voting laxity with global democratic ideals. The piece argues money and media shape turnout, citizens neglect congressional elections, and polling guides influence choices. It praises democracy's corrective potential while noting disillusionment and persistent resilience.
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America
V.S. Naipaul
Trinidad
England
Freedman slams Dartmouth Review in heated op ed clash
President Freedman accuses the Dartmouth Review of racism and bigotry after a campus incident involving a word processor alteration. James O. Freedman and National Review editor Jeffrey Hart dispute these claims, noting the paper’s long record of intellectual diversity and legal defense funding for students.
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James O. Freedman
University of Iowa
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Review
New York Times
Freedman
Jeffrey Hart
The
National Review
Hart
Theodore Roosevelt
Paraguay
David Duke
Review
Kevin Pritchett
Samuel Johnson
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Dale Larson
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Kerry Elsen
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U.S. House of Representatives
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William Safire
New York Times Service
Flora Lewis
United States
Europe
Amsterdam
Ronald Reagan
York Times
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