Free market oil glut tests Reagan era policy
An oil price downturn shows world competition pressuring OPEC and non OPEC producers, with Mexico and others cutting prices. The shift supports consumer benefits from a freer market but calls for continued vigilance, anti monopoly action, and cross country cooperation to sustain competition and consumption options.
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OPEC
Mexico
Nigeria
Britain
Iraq
Ecuador
Libya
U.S
Norway
Algeria
Iran
Kuwait
Jimmy Carter
Reagan
Saudi Arabia
White House aides clash over Israel raid response
The report outlines fear of a renewed Haig Weinberger clash over U S reaction to Israel s raid on Iraq s nuclear reactor using U S supplied aircraft. Weinberger urged strong punishment and impartial Arab messaging, while Haig equivocated before recommending condemnation.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Washington
White House
Alexander Haig
Caspar Weinberger
U.S
Weinberger
Reagan
Israel
Haig
Hong Kong
China
Teacher without answers highlights CETA aid in Chicago schools
In Chicago a CETA hired security monitor teaches classes when substitutes are unavailable. The monitor describes confusion over French words and punctuation, saying to look it up in the book. Royko notes surprising test scores amid systemic strain and calls for broader aid as funding crises deepen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Royko
Chicago
South Side
CETA
John
RTA
James Thompson
Regional Transportation Authority
Reagan
Reagan era tax cuts draw fire from Schlafly allies
Phyllis Schlafly condemns federal employees and VISTA for opposing Reagan's program. She cites a March 1981 Institute survey funded by VISTA via ACTION, showing Cruelty and Greed indices to depict budget cuts and tax relief as harming the poor and benefiting the wealthy.
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Ronald Reagan
Congress
Jimmy Carter
VISTA
Volunteers In Service To
America
Great Society
Reagan
Scrooge
Action
Institute For the Study of
Institute
New York City
Philadelphia
General Accounting Office
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David F. Lyons
Jim Welsh
Odessa
Inside Report
Argentina
Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Base
U.S. Air Force
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida
Immigration and Nationalization Service
Ohio
Jim Rhodes
John Ashbrook
Rhodes
Ashbrook
Howard Metzenbaum
Richard V. Allen
Menahem Begin
Allen
AWACS
Yale Law
New Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDA
Eugene V. Debs Rostow
Robert Gray
Foreign Service
Rostow
Carter
Gray
Alan Cranston
Michael Pillsbury
David Sullivan
Cranston
Schlafly
Phyllis Schlafly
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