Ito's TV interview stirs debate over judge and celebrity
A Los Angeles judge faced questions after revealing life story on KCBS TV during sweeps week. Critics warn such media exposure risks bias and erodes public trust, while supporters argue it humanizes the jurist amid the high profile Simpson case.
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Lance Ito
Kcbs-Tv
Los Angeles
Ito
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
L.A
KCBS
Line item veto urged by Clinton and GOP leaders
A chastened President Clinton and the Republican Congress should unite to push the line item veto. They argue this power would trim waste in spending bills without vetoing entire measures, reduce deficits near five trillion dollars, and set a standard of joint governance. The piece urges immediate action to curb spending and begin addressing the national debt.
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Bill Clinton
Republican Congress
GOP
Bob Dole
Newt Gingrich
Congress
White House
Clinton
America
Tle
South Carolina
House
Senate
Messrs
Dole
Gingrich
The Gender Gap in Midterm Electoral Shifts
Suzanne Fields analyzes how gender dynamics shaped the 1994 midterms noting white men swung to Republicans, feminism’s backlash against perceived male aggression, and women’s voting patterns on pocketbook and moral issues. She cites Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and Clinton era politics, arguing for conservative moves to aid working women and school choice while acknowledging lingering gender gaps.
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Ronald Reagan
Geraldine Ferarro
Mike Dukakis
George Bush
Bill Clinton
Clarence Thomas
Anita Hill
Heroine Hill
Thomas
Wolf
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lawton Chiles
Florida
Chuck Robb
Virginia
Washington
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Clinton open to school prayer with Republicans sparks debate
TV commentator Jeffat notes Clinton may back a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayer in public schools, a stance that unsettles civil liberties groups and polarizes the political landscape as Gingrich leverage grows. The piece argues liberal resistance helped fuel a conservative revival on church state issues.
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Civil Liberties
Clinton
Congressional Republicans
Arthur Kropp
People For the American Way
Glee Club
Civil Liberties Establishment
City Hall
Congress
Gingrich
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Newt Gingrich
Senate
Jeffat
War Talk, Arms Industry, and U.S. Global Role
Retired Col. David Hackworth argues that war fears and nuclear rhetoric fuel the military industrial complex. He urges pulling U.S. forces from Korea and ending Pax Americana to redirect trillions to domestic recovery.
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Washington
Pyongyang
South Korea
U.S
John McCain
R-Ariz
Jimmy Carter
Kim Il Sung
Dwight Eisenhower
CIA
Bill Clinton
Ireland
Middle East
Japan
United States
North Korea
Moscow
Soviet Union
MICCY/CIA
John Shalikashvili
Korea
MICC
Osan Air Force Base
United States of America
Europe
Arab States
Smedley Butler
U.S. Army
David Hackworth
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