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Lindsey does not feel that the vice president has tempered his views for the sake of image--although he charges Dukakis with changing his position on defense. This is not to say that either candidate sticks to the relevant issues. As Lindsey notes, the ever-present discussion of drugs and support of the American Civil Liberties Union are hardly urgent to any President's tenure. "But it is indicative of [a candidate's] approach," he adds...
Neither Pilgrim or Rowe has ever significantly contributed to the energy needs of state consumers, because neither has ever worked well enough to operate at peak efficiency. Rowe ran at reduced efficiency for more than three years recently due to equipment failures, and Pilgrim, which has never operated at a level better than 50 percent of capacity since it opened in 1972, has been closed for repairs since 1986. Much more efficient alternatives exist and are ready to take up the slack of closing these plants according to energy conservation groups...
...Western alliance is stronger than ever. Europe is embarked on full economic integration. NATO, whose imminent demise is annually declared by critics, has shown remarkable cohesiveness, withstanding with nary a blink the planned removal of an American air wing from Spain and its relocation to Italy...
Bonn and Moscow have been at arm's length for five years, ever since West Germany agreed to deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles aimed at the U.S.S.R. The gulf widened in 1986 when Kohl compared Gorbachev with the infamous Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Now the missiles are going, and Gorbachev has evidently swallowed his personal grievance in hopes of cashing in on Europe's newfound enthusiasm for his grand plan for reform. And cash in he did. The 70 top-ranking West German businessmen who accompanied Kohl offered the Soviets a $1.7 billion line of credit and some 30 trade...
...soldiers insisted they fired in self-defense, but the Palestinians deny that the undercover troops were ever in danger. Says the father of one victim: "They just shot them dead." Israeli Major General Amram Mitzna, who commands the West Bank, launched an investigation into the Yatta deaths. Insiders say the general was furious: "By shooting, you have exposed yourselves and your identity. You went there to arrest them, and the mission was not accomplished...