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...provide a platform for an ex-President who is plainly on a quest for historical redemption? "That Nixon chooses to stay in the arena makes him an important historical figure," says Stacks. "He brings experience and expertise to bear on the public discussion." Nixon also provides a long-range view on a world that is changing at a startling pace. "The thing that's endlessly intriguing about Nixon is that he dominates and personifies American politics for three decades, both its best and its worst parts," says Stacks. "His own progression mirrors the country's, from a virulent anti-Communist...
...shocker. And going further, Why didn't you do the May 8 bombing and mining sooner? Why didn't you do the December bombing sooner? And the point was, it should have been done sooner, but for one thing, I didn't feel first that the traffic would bear it within the Administration...
...Moscow media -- Landsbergis and his colleagues never wavered from their insistence that as the governors of a sovereign nation, they need not take orders from Moscow. "Psychological warfare is being waged against Lithuania," said Landsbergis in a speech to the local parliament. "I have no doubt that we will bear this pressure. It is a question of who has sovereignty over this land. Does it belong to the people of Lithuania or to some other state?" As for the decree ordering the surrender of firearms, Landsbergis replied, "It can be enforced only through brutal, armed force . . . The ghost of Stalinism...
...barrio's main drag. Most don't speak English, and many lack documentation. They are confused, afraid and poor: half the families earn less than $12,800 a year, and 19% are on welfare. More than one-third of the Northside's 13,500 residents are women able to bear children, but until last year, no one had mounted a committed effort to prevent unnecessary infant deaths. Then Joan Mahon appeared...
...such concerns have dissipated in recent years. Deregulation and intensified foreign competition have forced companies to bear down on costs. At the same time, declining union influence has lessened the fear of reprisals or sympathy strikes. Finally, Ronald Reagan's decision in 1981 to fire striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization and replace them with nonunion trainees sent a clear signal that striking workers should not look to the Government for sympathy or even tolerance. "Other employers, public and private, interpreted this as a declaration of open season on unions and went all-out to block, weaken...