Message to dictators warns regimes with quick Iraqi victory
The piece argues that U S led coalition success in Iraq signals to dictators worldwide that defying Washington is perilous. It cites North Korea shifting toward multilateral talks, Syria being warned by U S officials, and the Taliban and Saddam regimes collapsed. It stresses balance between force and negotiation and notes rising U S public support for winning the war on terrorism.
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Iraq
United States
North Korea
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Kim Jong I
Kim
Kim Il Sung
Donald Rumsfeld
Colin Powell
Syria
Bashar Assad
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
Taliban
bin Laden
CBS News
New York Times
Grandcamp Texas City blast and other historical highlights
On April 16 1947 the French ship Grandcamp exploded at Texas City killing 576. The following day High Flyer also exploded. Washington left Mount Vernon for his 1789 inauguration. 1862 DC slavery ending bill became law. Lenin returned to Russia in 1917. Truman pledged postwar policy in 1945. U.S. troops reached Nuremberg in 1945. Cronkite became CBS Evening News anchor in 1962. Apollo 16 launched in 1972.
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District of Columbia
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Russia
Congress
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
Nuremberg
Germany
Walter Cronkite
Douglas Edwards
CBS Evening News
Lincoln County nominating race heats up in June primary
April 16 1978 details show 26 candidates seeking party nominations for Lincoln County offices. Republican John Bigbee of Torrance County has no opposition and will face either Democrat Jose O Villanueva of Santa Rosa or Jose A Marquez of Latoma in the District 50 New Mexico House race. The Goddard Rockets defeated Artesia 7 2 in a District 4AAAA tennis match. Goddard High Boosters plan a winter sports banquet April 18 honoring basketball and wrestling squads at Goddard High School.
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Lincoln County
John Bigbee
Torrance County
Jose O. Villanueva
Santa Rosa
Jose A. Marquez
Latoma
New Mexico
Goddard Rocket
Artesia Bulldogs
Rockets
Goddard High School
Politicos swap careers after leaving office in odd twists
In Santa Fe and Albuquerque tales, former officials like Harry Kinney become cabbies, Fife Symington pursues pastry arts after real estate turmoil, and others return to diverse paths. The piece catalogs governors and leaders reentering varied fields from law to academia and media, noting ongoing political rumors and unusual post office trajectories.
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Santa FE
Albuquerque
Harry Kinney
Associated Press
Arizona
Fife Symington
Symington
Phoenix
Clinton
Arizona Culinary Institute
Franco Fazzuoli
Franco
Camelback Esplanade
Bruce King
Gary Johnson
Everest
National Drug Policy Institute
Garvey Carruthers
Dave Cargo
Cultural war crimes tribunal for media and political errors
The piece argues for a cultural war crimes tribunal to judge apologias and mistakes by academics media figures politicians and generals who misread communism or erred in predicting outcomes of the Saddam Hussein war. It cites R W Apple Peter Arnett Maureen Dowd and others as examples of misjudgments and humorously critiques their forecasts.
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Berlin Wall
Europe
U.S
Saddam Hussein
National Review Online
Nationalreview.com
Media Research Center
Mediaresearch.org
R.W. Apple
New York Times
Coalition
Basra
Nasiriya
Iraq
Peter ‘Arnett
NBC
Maureen Down
Bush struggles to sell Iraq victory amid domestic pushback
President Bush touts military gains in Iraq while facing a wary Congress and a weakening economy. The Senate trimmed tax cut plans and blocked oil drilling in Alaska, forcing a Cheney tie-breaker to pass an $80 billion war bill, as GOP leaders seek domestic payoff from wartime success.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bush
Iraq
Capitol Hill
White House
Senate
Alaska
Dick Cheney
Congress
Saddam
Hussein
GOP
Thomas Mann
Brookings Institution
Sen
McCain
R-Aziz
Cheney
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