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First a Libyan-assisted coup attempt in Trinidad fizzled. Then he was eclipsed as the West's favorite bogeyman by Iraq's Saddam Hussein, who caught the world's attention by invading Kuwait. Some U.S. Congressmen even compared the Iraqi leader to Hitler. Muammar...
...graffiti." An expatriated Scot finally explains to the American that the "famous reunification" back in the 1990s was "all just coffee and cakes." "Do you still remember how frightened of the Germans everyone was in the '90s? And what's happened? Nothing at all. Since then the German bogeyman has very quietly been laid to rest. We fell for it because we didn't know the first thing about German history...
...like Richard Gephardt. But before he came along, the same worries were being expounded by John Connally. There is no such thing as a presidential primary in South Carolina without a protectionist pitch to the local textile industry. When the Fourth Reich joins the Yellow Peril as an economic bogeyman, squabbling on the right between free traders and protectionists is bound to increase...
...apples were ordered removed from school cafeterias in New York City, then Los Angeles and Chicago. Said one school official: "It was overreaction and silliness carried to the point of stupidity." Kenneth W. Kizer, director of the California department of health services, said the panic was creating a "toxic bogeyman." Still, a number of school systems across the country followed suit. Signs were posted above produce bins coast to coast pointing out the Alar-free apples. Makers of products like apple juice, a staple of the preschool diet, sent out releases saying their brands were safe. Washington State, which grows...
While watching the trade situation, Wall Street struggled to overcome its fears of the bogeyman it holds partly responsible for Black Monday. Computerized program trading, which was blamed by some experts for accelerating the Oct. 19 slide, was permitted to resume early last week. That prompted nervous traders to send the Dow Jones average falling a sharp 58.85 points on Monday. The Dow rocketed back 61.01 on Thursday, fueled by the trade-deficit improvement. The market got more good news on Friday when the Government said that wholesale prices during October fell .2%, which means that the Federal Reserve...