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Quayle was in San Francisco, market-testing a line of traditional-values rhetoric for more elaborate use as the presidential campaign progresses. The Los Angeles riots were still flickering on the edges of everyone's mind. In a speech before the Commonwealth Club, Quayle came down hard on "lawless social anarchy" -- as opposed, presumably, to lawful anarchy. He spoke of "the breakdown of family structure, personal responsibility and social order in too many areas of our society," of "a welfare ethos that impedes individual efforts to move ahead in society . . ." He acknowledged the "terrible problem with race and racism," adding...
...PAST YEAR, SCORES OF WILDCATTERS AND would-be oil barons have been looking for ways to capitalize on the legendary oil reserves in the Commonwealth of Independent States. But when mighty Chevron signed an agreement with Kazakhstan last week to develop the Tengiz field, one of the world's largest, it marked the biggest partnership to date between a U.S. corporation and a former Soviet republic. The plan calls for the partners to invest $20 billion in the venture over the next 40 years. Chevron will have a 50% interest, but Kazakhstan will get 80% of the income, after...
Turkish Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel so far has resisted pressure to intervene, but the mere suggestion of a NATO member becoming embroiled in the conflict helped catapult Karabakh to the top of the agenda at the U.N. and other international forums. The military commander of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Yevgeni Shaposhnikov, warned that armed involvement by foreign nations could transform the Karabakh conflict into World...
...need for reliability in the determination that death is the appropriate punishment." But under Chief Justice William Rehnquist's leadership, the Supreme Court seems more concerned with finality than fairness. Frustrated by the mounds of habeas corpus petitions that clog federal dockets -- Coleman's current petition, which includes the Commonwealth of Virginia's rebuttal, is more than 4 1/2 in. thick -- the court has sharply curtailed the ability of state prisoners, including capital felons, to approach federal courts with challenges to their convictions or sentences. "It is not clear to me what, if anything, will allow you to have...
...year-old spy ring, bureaucrats have always maintained the polite pretense that the organization didn't exist. Major also named Sir Colin McColl as the division's long-standing head. Britain's Who's Who currently lists the MI6 chief as a counsellor in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who enjoys cycling, tennis and the classics...