Press freedom under attack worldwide and at home
A global look at threats to journalism includes radiation abuses by governments, killings of journalists in Yugoslavia and Mexico, and threats against reporters on the Mexican border. It notes 70 journalists killed in the last year and 1000 held in prison in 1993, with coverage of pressures on media and ongoing fights for access in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Yugoslavia
United Nations
Herzegovina
Sarbon
Juarez
el Paso
International Federation of Newspaper Publishers
Algeria
Italy
Latvia
Colombia
Mexico
Albuquerque
Kentucky
Associated Press
Pressure on Saddam fuels Franco Russian oil and arms talks
William Safire argues that France and Russia seek business as usual with Saddam Hussein despite UN resolutions and ongoing human rights abuses. He urges a thorough probe of companies tied to Iraq’s weapons program and calls on Madeleine Albright to demand transparency before any easing of sanctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom
Quai d’Orsay
United States
Saddam Hussein
U.N
France
Russia
Saddam
Security Council
U.S
Madeleine Albright
Iraq
Clinton & Co
Greenspan misreads 1990s economy amid low wage rises
A column argues wages rose only 3.2 percent to March 31 and union contracts averaged 2.5 percent in early 1994, signaling global pay restraint and potential for lasting low inflation. It criticizes Greenspan for hiking rates, warning the Fed fights the last war while the 1990s economy features cheap fuel, weak unions, and abundant labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Department
U.S
Alan Greenspan
Federal Reserve Board
Central Bank
Greenspan
Fed
Editorial writer Marilyn Geewax at The Atlanta Constitution
Marilyn Geewax serves as an editorial writer for The Atlanta Constitution, contributing opinion pieces and commentary on current events for the paper's readership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Geewax
The
Atlanta Constitution
Nixon Legacy Revisited Amid Media Reflections and Scars
A critical reminiscence traces Richard Nixon’s era from dirty tricks to Vietnam casualties and domestic decay. It notes Liddy and the Watergate break in as symbols, cites failed promises, and credits only China diplomacy but laments urban decline, crumbling infrastructure, and rising crime as part of Nixon’s legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tohard Nixon
New York Times
G. Gordon Liddy
Atergate Apartments
Nixon
Liddy
Pall Damano Looney
Ger Chabert
Italdies Nistin
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
China
America
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Alie Tribune
Manty
Rena Pederson
Dallas ‘Morning
Technicatome
Baghdad
Paris
Switzerland
Lasag
Thun
Alwo
Belgian
Trane
Belgonucleaire
Sybetra
Rome
Snia Techini
Florence
Nuovo Pignone
Germany
Maschinefabrik J
Diffenbacher
Eppingen
Britain
Air Products
Cheshire
India
Transpert
Halabja
CIA
William Safire
Jerry Voorhees
Voorhees
U.S. Senate
Marshall
Ey Sable Hay
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