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Peace did seem closer last week after Iraq dropped its demand for direct talks with Iran before a cease-fire could be declared. At the United Nations, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar successfully called upon the two countries to end all hostilities on Aug. 20. As evidence of its goodwill, Iraq announced that the fighting would stop, and Iran issued a cease-fire order. One day later, however, the truce threatened to falter as charges were exchanged. Baghdad contended that Iran was still shelling Iraqi forces. Tehran charged that Baghdad was still using poison gas to dislodge Kurdish separatists...
Frustrated were the peacemakers, especially when the warring parties were Iran and Iraq. Baghdad insisted on direct talks with Tehran before a cease-fire; Iran was holding out for a truce. But at week's end, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein signaled his willingness to accept a cease-fire, provided that talks followed. There was no immediate response from Tehran...
...votes by traveling the day-care circuit, hugging preschoolers, pushing children on swings and playing with goldfish. Bush tried to attack his gender-gap problem by proposing a $2.2 billion child-care program. In Republican fashion, the plan would rely on tax breaks and credits rather than a direct Government program. Still, it would cost money, and Bush, who says he will not raise taxes, is not saying where the funds would come from. Below a certain income level, every mother with small children would get a tax credit or refund of $1,000 -- whether or not she used...
Bush is not as good an actor as Reagan, and the campaign has no plans to spend much money on television ads or direct mail specifically aimed at allaying women's concerns. Along with emphasizing the economic recovery, Bush will play on men's fears about Dukakis, painting the Massachusetts Governor as a big-spending liberal who is weak on defense and soft on crime. But any strategy aimed at men could backfire, of course, widening the gap between the sexes that Bush so desperately needs to close...
...into effect Security Council Resolution 598, which calls for a U.N.-monitored cease-fire. The two officials, Ali Akbar Velayati of Iran and Tariq Aziz of Iraq, met separately with U.N. Secretary- General Javier Perez de Cuellar. But the peace process foundered over Iraq's demand for direct talks, which Iran refused for the moment to accept...