Five Tough Questions for the Nuclear Freeze Campaign
The piece analyzes how a potential nuclear pact could shift peace movement influence and explores dangers from a broader conventional arms rise. It cites analysts like Michael Klare and notes how modern weapons and regional conflicts threaten Third World populations, urging vigilance beyond East West rivalry.
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Ronald Reagan
Leonid Brezhnev
Europe
United States
Japan
Washington
Moscow
Michael Klare
H.M.S. Sheffield
H.M.S. Coventry
Falklands
Soviet Union
Latin America
Africa
Asia
Iran
Nicaragua
Afghanistan
South
China
Stalin
Roosevelt
U.S
U.S.S.R
Hinckley Case Seen as American Tragedy Notions of Inheritance and Fame
Washington reports on the Hinckley trial framing the 1981 assassination attempt as an American tragedy driven by family privilege and media fame. It notes John W. Hinckley Jr.’s neglect of education, the Brady injury, and the contentious psychiatric defense amid a six week courtroom parade led by Judge Barrington Parker.
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Washington
Hinckley
John W. Hinckley Jr
James S. Brady
White House
Hinckleys
Hinckley Trial Examines Mental State Over Miss Foster Plot
John W. Hinckley Jr. faces a lengthy trial as Judge Parker and psychiatrists debate his responsibility for the alleged plan to win Jodie Foster's love. Hinckley, calm yet agitated at times, endures days of testimony while parents cry and counsel argue over his diagnosis.
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Parker
John W. Hinckley Jr
Jodie Foster
Sally Johnson
Miss Foster
Colo
U.S
Hinckley
Field News Service
Ottawa budget sparks Trudeau jibe on MacEachen
Southam News lampoons Allan MacEachen budget as a fiasco that worsened recession and deficits. It mocks prior measures, inflation fears, and promises, contrasting hopes for a new team with a harsh verdict on past policies and forecasts.
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Ottawa
Allan Mackeachen
Trudeau
MacEachen
Massey Ferguson
Petro-Canada
Don Mazankowski
Mazankowski
Southam News
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Frank Viviano
Defence
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
Army War College
Carlisle
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Cold Warrior
Kennedy
Nixon
Pacific News
Gilbert A. Lewthwaite
Barrington D. Parker
John W. Hinckley Sr
JoAnn
John Jr. Hinckley
Argentina
Charles Lynch
Ford Motor Co
Commons
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