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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shirt. THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN FREEDOM MACHINE, reads the legend. A bird-skinning knife is holstered parallel to his belt. Big John is an original road warrior, a man whose history stretches back to the beginning of time as bikers measure it: 20 years riding the Harley express across the country delivering a variety of drugs -- first methamphetamines (called crank by the bikers and speed by city users), then cocaine, and now crank again. "When the good German meth was taken off the market by those guys in San Diego with the Mexican connection in 1981 or so, I decided...
Many scientists express grave concern over the hype they say the press has inserted into the fusion discoveries. Many note the wild tales of levitating trains that circulated in the popular press when high-temperature superconductors were discovered two years...
Just as our news coverage provides for the dissemination of important information into the community, our ads provide an important opportunity for the community to gain a public voice. Any individual, organization or corporation can choose to purchase space in this newspaper to express an opinion. Barring libelous or inciteful material, we should print it. Censorship of news would not be tolerated. Censorship of ads would set just as dangerous a precedent...
Still, Bush said the U.S. would now work with Israel and the Palestinians to reach "a mutually acceptable formula for elections." U.S. officials express hope that such steps can lead to a substantive dialogue between the two parties in the dispute. But they were disappointed that the stubborn Shamir had not displayed enough change "in nuance and tone" to spark some real peace momentum. Despite Administration prodding, Shamir refused to outline what steps he might take toward reducing Israeli brutality against Palestinian demonstrators, such as lifting economic sanctions, reopening schools and putting an end to the demolition of houses. Shamir...
There are signs that Gorbachev's revolution has in fact engendered "new thinking" within the Communist Party. When party members are asked the touchy question of whether the Soviet Union might someday have a multiparty system, an impressive 36% express readiness to entertain the notion. Among the general public, 40% of the men thought the Communist Party would eventually have competition, while women were more conservative, with only 27% taking that view. Another surprise: even after decades of official atheism, half of all party members say religious believers can also be members of the Communist Party...