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...smile campaign was in full bloom in North Korea, played out publicly with the help of CNN. A beaming and nodding Kim Il Sung was on view receiving former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on a "private visit" last week with all the ceremony and trappings appropriate to a serving head of state. More important -- since Kim knew that Carter was in touch with Washington -- they talked for six hours. Then Carter and Kim shared a hug reminiscent of the one Carter gave Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev at the SALT II signing...
With Kim grinning and glad-handing on CNN, it might be tempting to assume he has finally decided to trade his nuclear program for a diplomatic and economic payoff from the West. But among Korea watchers, there are still two divergent interpretations of what Kim is really up to. One group takes the view that his nuclear program is a bargaining chip, the only aspect of North Korean society that makes it interesting to the world, and thus one to be sold at the highest possible price in recognition and aid. They argue that the U.S. should make the benefits...
...immediately after Buchanan's address, Quayle was interviewed on CNN and called it "a great speech." He said, "As a matter of fact, Marilyn and I were talking about it afterward. It was just the kind of speech we had hoped for." There are only two possibilities here. Either this comment is exactly the kind of mindless gushing that stamped Quayle with the image of an idiot -- which he claims is unjustified -- or what he said reflected his considered views on the subject. Which is it? Well, I don't think Quayle is an idiot...
...inside the paper; it also printed a column by William Safire chiding other journalists for taking her seriously. The Los Angeles Times, by contrast, unhesitatingly reported Jones' charges in February. Of the TV networks, ABC ran a brief and oblique mention on an evening newscast in February, but NBC, CNN and CBS held off until last week, and even then mostly gave the story short shrift. TIME briefly mentioned the case in a two-page story on Clinton haters in the April 11 issue, while last week Newsweek used the gist of Jones' charges as a metaphor for the President...
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