Bush scores debate as he defends record and challenges Clinton
Bush, aiming to regain traction after two earlier debates, attacks Clinton's Arkansas governorship and tax plans while denying Saddam Hussein remarks. Perot gains poll credibility, with a USA Today CNN Gallup survey showing 37 percent for Perot and 28 percent for both Bush and Clinton. The piece notes Bush's interim ailing momentum and suggests defining goals matters for Election Day.
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George Bush
Bill Clinton
Ross Perot
Clinton
Bush
Arkansas
America
Perot
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
USA Today
CNN
Gallup
Perot Attacks Bush Over Saddam Glaspie Tape During Debate
Perot pressed Bush on the 1990 Glaspie dinner tape and the Kuwait invasion. He argued the U S officials gave Saddam a green light to seize the northern part and potentially all of Kuwait. The exchange shook voters and framed the debate as a challenge to Bush's Iraq policy.
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Kuwait
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April Glaspie
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Glaspie
New York Times
Ambassador Glaspie
Bill Clinton
George Bush
al Gore
Clinton
Ross Perot
Debates schedule overload prompts 1996 planning
The article notes three televised presidential debates in eight days plus a fourth with candidate hopefuls, criticizing the jammed schedule. It argues the 1992 plan left little breathing room for candidates or viewers and warns planners to ease the load for 1996 and beyond.
MTV Rock the Vote energizes youth turnout says MTV poll
The MTV Rock the Vote campaign boosts 18 to 29 year olds toward voting with over 60 percent almost certain to vote. Yet 75 percent distrust politicians while 65 percent show high political interest and 55 percent discuss politics. The piece notes two Washington groups Public Allies and Lead or Leave shaping youth political engagement.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
MTV
Rock the Vote
Times-Mirror Center For the People and the Press
America
American Council On Education
UCLA
Economic Policy Institute
Douglas Copeland
Bill Clinton
al Gore
Clinton-Gore
Washington
Public Allies
Media bias sparks presidential coverage controversy
Marian Hoffman denounces liberal influence in TV networks and newspapers arguing the press dictates votes. The letter critiques ABC CBS CNN NBC NPR and TIME personnel tied to Democratic campaigns and accuses media of slant while urging readers to support George Bush.
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George McGovern
ABC
Dotty Lynch
McGovern, Hart and Mondale
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President Johnson
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Tim Russert
Sen
Moynihan
Mario Cuomo
NBC
Washington
Meet the Press
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McGovern
Ted Kennedy
Douglas Bennet
Carter
Agency For International Development
National Public Radio
NPR
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Democratic National Committee
Anne Edwards
Mondale
Margaret Carlson
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Time Magazine
The
Gazette
News Mafia
America
George Bush
Saddam Hussein
Marian Hoffman
Second Ave
Marion
Congress Gives Itself Extra COLA Says Public Critique
A reader objects to entitlement status for Congress alongside Social Security. They cite a 3.2 percent raise for Congress members, about $345 monthly, versus about $19 for others, and question why headlines frame it as a Social Security rise amid a trillion-dollar national debt. The letter names Robert M. Johnson of 130 Thompson Dr SE.
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Congress
NASA's Hundred Million Idea For Alien Listen In Space
A voice suggests giving 100 million dollars to NASA to fund five years of listening for aliens in outer space. The narrator muses on helping the country through education for the unemployed and direct aid to people on the street.
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NASA
Close is Not Good Enough in Writers and Historians Note
A collage of usage notes and anecdotes on language shows common slips and corrections. Examples include close versus cigar and shore up versus shore up. References touch Amelia Earhart Nikumaroro and a Yugoslavian foofaraw.
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Amelia Earhart
Nikumaroro
South Pacific
F.D. Breckner
Iowa City
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the Gazette
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