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...with attacks on his record and his personality are meant to be means of according him the highest honor of "respect." After all Gary Hart and Joe Biden were worthy of respect, so why should Jackson be cut out? He's been given a free ride, the experts contend, and that is a form of racism...
...Pulitzer. The paper has scored 13 times since 1972, when Executive Editor Eugene Roberts took over; only the New York Times has done better. Roberts says that those in search of the Inquirer's secret have even asked him what color paper he uses for his submissions. Observers contend that the Inquirer has mastered the art of packaging a prize-minded story. It's a great newspaper, says former Washington Post National Editor Peter Osnos, but "sometimes it seems to me they don't edit for the readers, they edit for the Pulitzer committee." Of course, like most of those...
...experts who believe that a doctrinal change is in the works contend that since 1986, Soviet analysts have largely ceased calling for military "superiority" and instead use such terms as "parity" and "reasonable sufficiency." Other American experts deny that change is in the air. ) Summarizing that view, Harriet Fast Scott, an author and Government consultant on Soviet military affairs, says, "Reasonable sufficiency means whatever you want it to mean...
...playoff team that has Kevin Miller on skates is a team that can contend with anyone. Michigan State didn't have a dominant season this year, but Miller's return has turned MSU into a serious playoff threat...
...than usual scurrying for tax help. Ordinarily, about 40% of all taxpayers require professional assistance. This year that figure is expected to reach 60%. Says Jack Brownrigg, an accountant in Honolulu: "I'm getting a flood of calls from people I never heard from before." Proponents of tax reform contend that the confusion will recede as taxpayers learn the new rules. "We are in the transition part," says Robert McIntyre of Citizens for Tax Justice, a Washington lobbying group. "The system will get simpler as things like consumer-interest deductions are phased...