Cuba needs new economic bridges
Editorial argues Castro era ends Cuba isolation endures after Soviet collapse. It urges democratic reform, market economy, private property protection, and reestablishment of US trade to spur investment. The piece says Florida exile capital could help and urges a Clinton plan to integrate a post Castro Cuba into the prosperous democratic world.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Vietnam
China
Botswana
Gabon
Nicaragua
Caribbean
Castro
United States
Florida
Poland
Washington
Clinton
Diamonds From Kitchen Ovens Drawn From Plastic Digress
Penn State researchers report a method to bake plastic in a home oven to form synthetic diamonds. The crude results show promise for a cheaper, simpler path versus bulky pressure methods, with potential use as semiconductors or durable coatings.
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Penn State
Patricia Bianconi
Betty Crocker
Bianconi
Sacramento Bee
How far will voters chase state legislators into the woods
Opinion argues that citizens may complain and demand change but often fail to actively engage. It urges readers to pursue accountability through elections, correspondence, and sustained effort, warning that half measures and fading interest undermine results.
Hate Crime Penalties and First Amendment Tensions
Nat Hentoff critiques hate crime statutes, noting Supreme Court rulings on enhancement for bias crimes and contrasting with cautions from Ohio and Wisconsin decisions. He questions motive-based penalties, asks whether discrimination laws target acts or motives, and warns against zeal without understanding in liberty.
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Thurgood Marshall
Chicago Police Department
Mosely
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Vs
Mitchell
District of Columbia
Kenosha
Wis
Todd Mitchell
William Rehnquist
Wisconsin
James P. Farley
New York Times
Rehnquist
Ohio Supreme Court
State Vs. Wyant
Euhogeist
Ohio
Louis Brandeis
NAFTA environmental promise shown at Alco cleanup site
The editorial argues NAFTA will bolster environmental protections in Mexico despite critics. It cites a $2.5 million settlement with RSR Corp for transporting lead waste and outlines Mexico’s $20 million clean-up plan, asserting Mexico is developing a strong environmental ethic and that trinational enforcement will align standards across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
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Copley
Tijuana
U.S
RSR Corp
Dallas
Los Angeles
Alco Pacific, Inc
NAFTA
United States
Mexico
Alco
Congress
Canada
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David K. Frazer
Dennis E. Gruse
Elizabeth Black
Michael R. Smith
Patsy Atkins
Art Graziano
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Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
NEA
Copley News Service
National Advertising Representatives Papers Companies
Clearview Pkwy
Metaine
JIT Bureau OF Irculations
Legislative Woods
Dennis Gruse
Gruse
The
Daily Star
Mea
New York
Anti-Defamation League
Nat Hentoff
Hentoff
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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