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President Clinton used a New Orleans speech to launch his own verbal offensive against America's putative decline in family values. Just a day after former Veep Dan Quayle attacked a "poverty of values" in a speech in San Francisco, Clinton told the National Baptist Convention that citizens had a "personal moral responsibility" to improve life in their communities. The thematic difference between the President's speech and that of his would-be '96 rival: Clinton focused on moral guidance for troubled teens, while Quayle blamed the country's entertainment industry and political and religious institutions for the mess. Afterward...
...Shuttle Launch Scrubbed...
Space shuttle Endeavour's launch was aborted just 1.9 sec. before liftoff. The problem was an overheated fuel pump in one of the ship's giant rocket engines. It was the fifth mission scrubbed on the launching pad in 64 flights...
Eight months after they launched a bloody uprising against Mexico's ruling government, members of the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army and thousands of sympathizers warned that they will launch a campaign of "civil resistance" if Sunday's presidential elections are perceived to be fraudulent. Polls showed Ernesto Zedillo of the incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party with a 27-point lead over his rivals...
...post for magazines in 1986 and for all of Time Inc. in 1990, and under his energetic leadership, the number of magazines we publish has increased from eight to 24, and revenues rose from $2.1 billion to $3.3 billion last year. He presided over the first successful launch of a weekly magazine in the U.S. in two decades, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. His record speaks for itself, and he passes the baton far out front: Time Inc.'s earnings from continuing operations for the quarter just ended were at an all-time high...