OUR VIEW Economic conditions have been seen before
The Odessa American editorial compares current US economy to Carter era malaise. It notes low inflation and rates but rising unemployment, jitters on Wall Street, housing strength masking risks, and potential tax increases. It warns that war costs and deficits threaten recovery and urges Bush to emulate Reagan's tax cuts and deregulation to restore prosperity.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
J.C. Penney Co
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Iraq
U.S. Treasury
Congress
Bush
Ronald Reagan
Public Forum contact details in Odessa Texas
Public Forum lists RO Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760 Pax 915 333 7742 for inquiries and participation in local meetings. The notice provides postal and phone contact to engage residents and callers seeking information or event details.
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Public Forum
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Lawmaker Henry Bonilla Represented by San Antonio Republican
U.S. Representative Henry Bonilla of San Antonio, a Republican, is named in the report with district designation 1427 and described in political context.
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Henry Bonilla
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Those boring sportscasts by a tired TV regime
Thomas Lowell argues that baseball telecasts are dull due to a fixed angle focus on pitches and repeated closeups of players faces. He contrasts variety in other sports, notes feeble interviews and gimmicks, and urges producers to let sportscasters, not image editors, guide TV sports.
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Joe Torre
Dusty Baker
Barry Bonds
Sampras
Agassi
Hollywood
Flushing Meadows
Dennis Miller
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Ignominious Peace Prize would honor sleepwalking appeasement
Cal Thomas argues appeasement fails against evil regimes and promotes a new Ignominious Peace Prize to fine leaders like Jimmy Carter for trusting North Korea. He criticizes the 1994 Pyongyang deal, Brezhnev’s Afghanistan invasion, and the Nobel structure, proposing a punitive award with a $1 million fine.
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Henry Kissinger
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Japan
Soviet Union
America
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Clinton
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Madeleine Albright
South Korea
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