Editorial 1 Our View on Sanctions and U.S. Policy
The piece argues that economic sanctions often fail to hurt target regimes while harming ordinary people and domestic businesses. It notes sanctions’ popularity as political signaling, cites past examples, and endorses the Hamilton Crane bill to require scrutiny and potential limits on unilateral measures. It suggests reevaluating the entire sanctions approach, even proposing restraint during Lent.
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U.S
Clinton
India
House
United States
Soviet Union
Nicaragua
South Africa
Cuba
Libya
Iran
Frank Kittredge
National Foreign Trade Council
World Affairs Council
Congress
Illinois
Phil Crane
Indiana
Lee Hamilton
Executive Branch
English immersion for California students under Prop 227
Joan Beck argues that California should pass Proposition 227 to replace bilingual education with English immersion. She claims bilingual classes delay English acquisition, segregate students, and rely on federal funding. immersion would speed language mastery and better integrate immigrant children into American life.
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Clinton
Ne Eas Cvesetion
Casss
Sodas Dbandins Eteer
Tasesohanes
Bosnia
Modern vows clash with old mores in celebrity weddings
Mona Charen surveys 1990s style pages and vows coverage, noting how public morality shifts around marriage. The column mocks the Sagar and Bender wedding as courtly love, while contrasting cohabitation, pregnancy, and remarriage with traditional decorum and social expectations.
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New York Times
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Cupid
Bender
Sagar
Ms. Bender
Lois Smith Brady
Carolyn
Mary Adams
Sugar
Tom
Teddy Roosevelt
Charen
Reagan White House
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By Bruce Tinsley