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...victims, estimated at between 100,000 and 200,000. The graves at Behesht-e Zahra are tightly packed, sometimes no more than 6 in. apart, and they are advancing rapidly in tree-lined squares toward the perimeter of the 1.5-sq.-mi. cemetery. Aluminum-and-glass display cases contain photographs of the dead, many of them teenagers, along with family heirlooms. Most also bear a picture of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, the octogenarian who guides Iran's side of the bloody campaign, as he does every other facet of life in Iran...
...winners in a nuclear war. For two days, as the world warily watched, the two men groped for some kind of human understanding, some way to master the nuclear riddle. Meeting face to face for the first time, Reagan and Gorbachev tried to set some rules to contain the arms race, some guidelines to rein in their rivalries...
...Democrats will not do the job. Mondale's mocking cry of "Where's the beef?" obviously still rings in Hart's ears. He intends more than ever to campaign as the candidate of "new ideas," mostly related to the economy, and this time to convince voters that those ideas contain plenty of beef in the form of specifics. In speeches (delivered in 30 states last year alone), position papers, Senate bills and a forthcoming book about military reform, Hart is offering proposals on a variety of issues. Samples...
...Democratic budget, to be offered as an alternative to whatever Ronald Reagan proposes for fiscal 1987. It will contain some spending cuts, but also a higher corporate minimum tax and higher rates on upper-income individuals than are proposed in the current tax-reform bill. To reduce budget deficits, says Hart, "there will have to be additional revenue. Anybody who tells the truth in Washington will tell you that...
...This item should not contain forbidden speech such as profanity. Please enter a different word for this item." ERROR MESSAGE appearing on the mainland Chinese version of Microsoft's MSN Spaces blog site when a user enters words such as "democracy," "freedom," "human rights" or "Taiwan independence." A Microsoft spokesperson said the company is abiding by Chinese laws...