Permian Basin group vows to make region better
A local initiative named Let peace begin with me seeks to improve life in the Permian Basin. The effort lists leaders including Ray M. Stafford publisher and M. Olaf Frandsen editor guiding steps to unite communities and enhance living, working, and recreation.
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Ray M. Stafford
M. Olaf Frandsen
Ken Brodnax
Mike Powell
Lori Ellington
Larry Reynolds
Howard Houston
Johnny Russell
Michael Showell
Perot Emergence Exposes Crisis in U.S. Politics
Our Opinion notes the unsettled finish of last week's presidential primaries with Ross Perot as an undeclared shadow victor. He attracts Democratic and Republican support, hires top strategists from both parties, and signals a reform movement amid declining Bush approval and a call for more liberty and less government.
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Ross Perot
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Perot
Ed Rollins
Ronald Reagan
Hamilton Jordan
Jimmy Carter
Jude Wanniski
Felix Rohatyn
Democrats
Andrew Jackson
White House
Gary Hart
Walter Mondale
Michael Dukakis
Bush
Perotista
Clinton
U.S
Media scrutiny and Perot saga as Royko eye considers power
Royko notes the press role in examining Ross Perot as media hype grows. He contrasts era icons like Washington with modern coverage, questions privacy and family matters, and speculates on wealth and influence in a cinematic posse of reporters.
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Ross Perot
Perot
Newsies
George Washingen
George Washington
Sam Donaldson
Orson Welles
Ross
Rascal
George Will
Ted Koppel
Novak
McGoofy
Washington
Arsenio Hall
Clinton
L.A
White House
Fear of snakes and a copperheaded foe in Atlanta tone
Lewis Grizzard recalls childhood fear of snakes and the stereotype of sissies while riffing on garter snakes in urban settings. He contrasts two views on snakes, mocks readers who dismiss phobias, and asserts his own phobia of copperheaded water rattlers with humorous hyperbole.
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