Editorial on shoplifting and a misread arrest of a judge
An editorial discusses rising retail theft and the tension between arrest and prosecution. It recounts the 1980s Massachusetts case where Justice Ruth Abrams was mistakenly arrested for shoplifting a $12 purse at Filene's Basement. The store apologized, calling it a misunderstanding, while critics note harm to Abrams and broader consequences for public trust and consumer costs.
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Massachusetts Supreme Court
Ruth I. Abrams
Filene’s
Boston
Abrams
Filene
Paradise
Michael Dukakis
Justice Abrams
Dukakis
Massachusetts
Fire damages Royal College Shop. cause undetermined
Investigators cannot yet determine the fire cause at the Royal College Shop in downtown, with about 250000 dollars in damage mainly to the basement and minimal damage to nearby buildings. Officials said the probe would continue.
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Royal College
Lawrence
Douglas County
Betty Jo Charlton
Jessie Branson
Kansas
Oread
Reinventing Government drawn from public reform ideas
The piece praises the book Reinventing Government by Osborne and Gaebler, noting its focus on entrepreneurial government and private public partnerships. It highlights Tsongas and Clinton as exemplars, surveys past reform attempts, and argues the shift toward state and local level experimentation as essential for modern governance.
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Statehouse
City Hall
Pentagon
David Osborne
Ted Gaebler
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
Congress
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
White House
Congressional
Osborne
Gaebler
Clinton
Tsongas
Zappa loses Czech trade job over insult to Baker's wife
A Prague Havel move to name Frank Zappa as trade ambassador to the West was blocked after James Baker, angered by Zappa's 1985 Senate hearing insults toward his wife, used surrogates to oppose the appointment. Zappa remained a cultural enterprise figure, later named unofficial ambassador amid bureaucracy.
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Zappa
Washington
James Baker
Baker
Czechoslovakia
Susan
Dale van Atta
Prague
Vaclav Havel
West
Frank Zappa
Ahmet
Diva
Havel
Plastic People of the Universe
Susan Baker
Tipper Gore
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Parents Music Resource Center
Senate Commerce Committee
Honker Home Video
Barfko-Swill
Halcion Haunting Bush Uses and Effects Widen Debate
Miami writer argues Halcion use by George Bush could harm his political standing and health. The piece cites reported verbal gaffes, sleep aid benefits in travel, withdrawal effects, memory loss, irritability, and disorientation, urging the president to discontinue the drug.
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Miami
George Bush
Bush
Japan
Halcion
Montreal
Israel
Cyprus
Buenos Aires
Rio de la Plata
Florida Keys
Tokyo
Waite
San Francisco
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L.E. Wooley
Kansas University Student Union
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