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...fold: to keep the alliance firm behind the assertive U.S. lead, to reassure the allies that the U.S. intended to give diplomacy every chance, and to sign them up for a United Nations resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq if all else fails. Baker returned from his eight-day, seven-country swing through the Middle East, the Soviet Union and Europe with more -- if at times somewhat cautious -- backing for U.S. policy than ever. The wavering Soviets, who have been contradictory in their signals, declared, however reluctantly, that they recognize war may indeed be necessary. Though...
...victims have been of all races, all classes, all ages. This summer, in one eight-day period, four children were killed by stray gunshots as they played on the sidewalks, toddled in their grandmother's kitchens or slept soundly in their own beds. Six others have been wounded since late June. So many have died that a new slang term has been coined to describe them: "mushrooms," as vulnerable as tiny plants that spring up underfoot...
...handed down in Newark, the Government charged that the B. Manischewitz Co., the largest U.S. matzo baker, conspired with other firms to fix the price of products worth $25 million from 1981 to 1986. Jersey City- based Manischewitz is accused of exploiting the increased demand for matzo during the eight-day holiday by arranging "agreed-upon increases" for a variety of matzo items. Manischewitz denies the charges, saying its prices were "independently and fairly determined...
Idaho's politicians were not the only ones to tussle with abortion last week. The U.S. territory of Guam outlawed all abortions except to save the life of the mother, but a federal judge temporarily blocked the measure. In Maryland, after an eight-day filibuster, the state Senate passed two bills -- one allowing abortion, the other severely restricting it -- and encouraged the state's voters to decide in a referendum next fall. "That gives politicians license to say they're pro-choice to one person and antiabortion to the next," charges delegate Patricia Sher. It would have been a politician...
During his eight-day odyssey through the land of the free, he lurched from speech to speech more like a back-of-the-pack presidential contender than an aspirant to the mantle of Lenin. But if jet lag, fatigue and generous helpings of Jack Daniel's occasionally took their toll, Boris Yeltsin, 58, the former Moscow party boss who has achieved unusual visibility and enormous popularity as one of Mikhail Gorbachev's most acerbic critics, still impressed Americans with his charm and appreciation of the U.S. His knack for an ingratiating riposte was apparent at John and Vicki Hardin...