Norths tangled fate in documents and pardons debate
The passage reviews the North case’s muddled path as prosecutors weigh dropping counts over Official Documents A B C and X Y Z and as judges weigh admissibility, with pundits and presidents debated over a pretrial pardon and the risk of courtroom drama versus executive immunity.
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Gorbachev reforms Soviet criminal justice system
Copley News Service notes that Mikhail Gorbachev is ending internal exile and banishment as part of broader glasnost reforms. It highlights continued refusenik hardship, Kislik and Gulko emigration stories, and calls for full freedom of exit for all Soviet citizens desiring to leave the USSR.
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Four Islands Strain Soviet Japan Talks in Tokyo
The Soviet Union and Japan clash over four small northern Pacific islands during a Tokyo meeting aimed at improving ties. Despite hopes, no progress emerged on the Northern Territories dispute, a stubborn obstacle to broader economic cooperation and a possible Gorbachov visit.
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Bushmania and the media power in a new presidency
A Washington Post piece notes Bush shopping for bath gel as an example of how the media elevates a president. The author argues bath gel coverage signals presidential celebrity, not ordinary political news, and that the public tunes into the president’s persona while Congress remains in the background as deficits and policy dominate later.
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Blizzard threat lands Dixon in disaster talk
Ten years ago Gov James Thompson eyed declaring Lee County a disaster area after a three day blizzard that buried the Midwest. Winds up to 35 mph battered Winnebago Boone and Cook counties as federal aid requests followed.
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