Nunn Seen Out as Southern Super Tuesday Hope
The piece argues Senator Sam Nunn cannot secure the Democratic nomination in 1988, citing party dynamics and regional strategy. It notes the 14 Southern states’ primaries, the push for a Southerner, and mentions Gore and Jackson as remaining contenders amid a fractured field.
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Virginia
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Ernest Rollings
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Oklahoma
Bumpers
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Alabama
Robb
Senate
Hollings
Bentsen
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Jesse Jackson
Greenville
S.C
Jackson
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Apparent NASA revival faces doubts and political hurdles
The editorial urges a cautious return to space flight with the Discovery launch set for June 2 1988 while criticizing NASA leadership low morale and a drift toward commercial goals. It praises Sally Ride's call for a staged plan emphasizing scientific work and lunar base groundwork, warns of lobbying misuse, and urges Fletcher to restore professionalism and focus on engineering and research.
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U.S
NASA
America
Space Agency
Sally Ride
Ride
Mars
Moon
Earth
Robert Bowman
Institute For Space and Security Studies
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
James C. Fletcher
Fletcher
Surrogacy Ban Debate Spurs National Campaign
A feminist group campaign positions surrogate motherhood as an election issue and calls for federal and state bans. Mary Beth Whitehead and two other objectors argue surrogacy exploits women, while proponents stress consent, choice, and pre-signing education to avoid later reneging and protect self-respect.
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National Coalition Against Surrogacy
Mary Beth Whitehead
New Crusade
Ballooning and the first flights spark a nation’s imagination
Aspen readers recount the history of ballooning from its 1783 Paris ascent to early American flights. The piece notes the founders noted the ride as a symbol of freedom and learning, detailing Louis XVI’s era experiments, the 1784 American tethered flight by Edward Warren, and the perils of early hydrogen air travel.
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Icarus
Bois de Boulogne
Louis
Marie Antoinette
Paris
Edward Warren
Republic
Ballooning lore and lessons from a father in flight
A father shares balloon history with children as they drift over elk on mountain slopes. He notes traditions of wine and food after voyages, recalls farmers’ fears, Civil War surveillance balloons, Paris siege mail, and Japanese gas balloons over the jet stream. He warns against overloading kids with facts near Labor Day.
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Scary view by Bork on free speech
Anthony Lewis discusses Judge Robert Bork as a radical thinker on constitutional law and free speech. He argues Bork seeks to overturn Holmes Brandeis precedents, warning that such absolutism could threaten core First Amendment protections and public discourse.
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Bork
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Holmes
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Nicaragua
Supreme Court
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