Chad's limited role in US Soviet global power games
Chad illustrates the bounds of American power as the Libyan-Chadian conflict plays out with minimal world response. The piece argues that U.S involvement should avoid global unilateralism, noting France as protector in Central Africa and urging restraint to prevent overextension.
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Chad
Africa
Sahara
U.S
New York City
Francois Tombalbaye
Goukouni Oueddei
Hissene Habre
Oueddei
Habre
Muammar Khadafy
Tripoli
Hab
Khadafy
Egypt
Sudan
France
AWACS
Moscow
Waste of mankind in South Bronx
The South Bronx, marked by the nation’s lowest income and highest poverty, is described as a hunger hotspot. Dr. Calvin Simmon outlines how poverty drives health neglect, with many patients delaying care amid rampant hypertension, addiction, and violence. The piece notes high unemployment, a small doctor pool, and potential Bronx Lebanon Hospital expansion creating thousands of jobs.
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New York
Reagan
South Bronx
America
Calvin Simmon
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
Simmon
U.S
Bronx-Lebanon
Savage Nomads
Newhouse News Service
Brain scan plan for presidential hopefuls meets cold reception
Retired professor Edwin Paget pushes for mandatory brain scans for U S presidential candidates. Senator Jesse Helms dismisses the idea as impractical while Paget quips about oxygen and Mountain climbs. The piece notes Paget's age, career at North Carolina State, and his Colorado running ascent record.
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Washington
Edwin Paget
Pikes Peak
U.S
Paget
Helms
North Carolina State University
Colorado
A Day in SCRABBLE Virginia of a Couchbound Columnist
SCRABBLE Va. James, a newspaper columnist, endures a comical morning from broken shoelace to a skunk encounter. Rabbits invade the garden while he hunts for Chesterton in a chaotic library search. A thunderstorm, power outage, and even a burned bacon breakfast cap his misadventure. The next day the rabbits return in larger numbers with green berets.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
James
Grogey
Rappahannock County
G.K. Chesterton
Boswell
Buckley
Chekhov
Didion
Dumas
Secon
Chesterton
The
Certifying the uncertifiable in El Salvador aid policy
The article critiques Congress growth of dubious checks like the presidential certification device used to link U S aid to human rights progress in El Salvador. Despite six month reports since 1981, many see certifications as empty, with progress overstated and approval waning.
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Washington
Moscow
Queddei
Congress
Supreme Court
el Salvador
United States
U.S
Central America
Defense Department
Rea
Senate-Republican clash shapes Bush arms policy over chem weapons
United Press International reports that disputes between Senate and House over resuming chemical weapons production led to a conference accord. The deal lets the president proceed but requires certification that final assembly of chemical shells is essential to national interest. The same bill adds a certification clause for an anti satellite missile program tied to negotiations with the Soviet Union.
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Khadafy
Faya-Largeau
Oueddei
Habre
Reagan
Chad
Gan
Senate
House
House- Senate
United States
Soviet Union
United Press International
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