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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sponsored by a group called the Fair Wage Commission, Question Two asks voters whether the 74-year-old Prevailing Wage Law should be repealed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Question 2 Would End State Wage Guarantee | 9/27/1988 | See Source »

Downie explained that such restraints on his personal convictions stem from a deep sense of fair play: How could an editor fulfill his high calling of accurately portraying the election news, knowing he favored one of the candidates being covered...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: The Issues of the Day | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

Likewise, network news shows have confused their trend of becoming more and more predictable with the vaunted state of being objective. NBC News, for one, has launched a new slogan that claims it is the network that is "first and fair." But all of this seems to be a sign that our institutions have become too powerful to have a stake in politics...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: The Issues of the Day | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...away, these are as detailed a treatment we can expect on the issues raised by Bok and the report. Throw into the equation the fact that the University has persistently complained about the Reagan Administration's policy of placing restrictions on government research, and it is clear that even fair Harvard's president might have a favorite in this election...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: The Issues of the Day | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...push started with a sun-drenched Rose Garden ceremony last week, during which Reagan signed the fair housing bill and extolled Bush's "enormous courage" in voting for the original legislation 20 years ago. Later the President used the White House proclamation of Hispanic Heritage Week to spotlight Bush's child-care plan. Joining the battle between Bush and Michael Dukakis for the Hispanic vote, Reagan met with Hispanic newsmen and assured them of Bush's "warm feelings with regard to Hispanics." Reagan barnstormed through southeastern Missouri last week, labeling Democrats "trench-coat liberals" and darkly warning that a Dukakis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friends In High Places | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

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