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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pulls a similar stunt in his section on "National Security Today and Tomorrow," where he goes into great detail on weaponry and training in the control of proposing curriculum reform at West Point. But he never answers what such reform is for, aside from bet- ter fighting "the Soviets." It remains unclear whether, with the Coloradan in the Oval Office, the United States would continue to fight Communism in the outreaches of El Salvador and Nicaragua. We may, upon prodding, answer these questions too, but it is disturbing to imagine a president who, when considering domestic and foreign problems, reacts...
...Hughie saw me as a sort of dream guy...I'll bet he lived a kind of double life...when a sucker cries for more you're a dope not to give him more." Although he's now broke because he donated money for the clerk's funeral, he maintains his sense of humor. "It sure was worth it to give Hughie a big send...
...like cigarette machines in a bar." That seems a bit hyperbolic. But in North Beach, a funky neighborhood in San Francisco, the banks' "electronic teller" machines, which will dispense no more than $200 daily to each customer, attract long lines just before midnight every Saturday. "I'll bet you," says Haight-Ash-bury's Dr. Smith, "that 90% of them are taking out their next day's money to buy some coke...
...other major event affecting not only Grand Forks but also the whole-state has been the recent legalization of blackjack. But the gambling in this frigid state is somewhat different from that of Las Vegas or Atlantic City. The maximum bet in North Dakota is $2 and all the profits go to charity...
Washington's best bet would be to seek immediately a negotiated, political solution that insures the fair participation of the Left and then to push hard for human rights. A greater degree of political stability will mean fewer deaths. And with an acceptable government in place, Washington should be able to eliminate most of its military aid to EI Salvador and demand respect for basic human dignity at the same time. Only then can the moral decay be arrested...