Democracy's pace abroad and fault lines at home
Editorial notes the slow, painful path to stable democracy in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, warning against expectations of quick fixes. It contrasts U S progress with emerging democracies and cautions against impatience, while addressing Iran's blame games after Khomeini’s death and the Salman Rushdie case amid geopolitical tensions.
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Soviet Union
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Elmer Davis
Land of the Free
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Prince William Sound
Iran
Environmental Protection Agency
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Ayatollah
Salman Rushdie
U.S
Eastern Bloc
Moscow
Freshman enrollment at Kansas University up over previous years
Dear Editor letter and notes mention the 1965 Kansas University freshman class expanding by more than 25 percent from any prior cohort. Other items record Larry Torneden securing Douglas County plate No. 1 for 1965 after an 18 hour wait, and a reader’s century dating clarification about the millennium.
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Larry Torneden
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Douglas County
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Associated Press
Sid Moody
Killjoys
Gordon Longabach
Boulder Ct
Boom box rock tactic in Panama raises loud alarm
The piece notes how U S troops used loud boom boxes across from the Vatican embassy to disrupt Noriega and boost security, blaring rock and country songs day and night. It cites Bush and Fitzwater saying the tactic aimed to disrupt communications and eavesdropping, with Vatican diplomats affected and the tempo eventually turned down.
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Panama
United States
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Vatican
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Marlin Fitzwater
White House
Moscow
Reagan
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Panama City
Fitzwater
Congress
Dan Quayle
Freedom in Prague and New York New Year's Eve contrasts
Czechoslovakia celebrates new freedom in Prague with a somber, hopeful protest of violence and a song from 1968. In New York City gunfire and crime mark New Year’s Eve, while Chicago and Los Angeles report shootings and Atlanta arrests. The piece argues freedom is what a society makes of it and warns of domestic challenges.
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Jaroslav Baraban
Czechoslovakia
New York Times
Craig Whitney
Wenceslas Square
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Europe
New York City
Chicago
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Baraban
United States
New York
Cher Video on Missouri Sparks Navy Taste Debate
The Missouri, scene of Japan’s 1945 surrender, becomes a battleground over taste as Cher shoots a risqué video aboard the ship. Navy officials question recruitment value versus veterans’ backlash while noting the project cost nothing from the Navy.
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