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...think the potential is there to herald in a new era of Indo-Pakistani relations," Asani said. "I don't see a nuclear build-up there in the near future...
...Shanghai, Xian and Lanzhou staged memorial services for Beijing hunger strikers, although none had died. "People are learning about major government changes and about the biggest student movement in China's history from Popsicle sellers and newspaper dealers," said Zhang Weiguo, a reporter on Shanghai's World Economic Herald. "This is not a way to inform the people...
...deal, until the Boston Herald ran a picture of the Chevy with its spanking-new inspection sticker in the window and the Governor and his driver standing nearby. Headline: DUKE FAILS TO STICK TO INSPECT LAW. Before long, the crack drive-time team at one of Cape Cod's largest radio stations began repeating the story, complete with sirens in the background, advising listeners that they too could avoid tickets if only they had a Governor riding in the backseat. The "Backseat Governor" spots tapped a well of venom toward Dukakis, who recently jacked up registration and driver's-license...
...January, after the mayor began his campaign for a fifth term, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner warned that it would publish a series of tough "challenges" on the city's problems, ranging from gang warfare to freeway gridlock. "We'll try not to let ((Bradley)) forget he's participating in an election, not a coronation," promised the newspaper. That threat did not sit well with Bradley. The Herald Examiner found itself shut out of the mayor's office: no press releases, no phone conversations, no personal contact -- an invitation, if there ever was one, for reporters to start scraping away...
...Herald Examiner reported that Bradley, who earns $102,000 annually as mayor, was engaged last year as an adviser to a Chinatown bank that paid him $18,000. Bradley also earned at least $70,000 as a director of a savings and loan bank for ten years. Although both matters were on public record and on the surface did not seem to represent a conflict of interest, the facts beneath the surface suggested otherwise. It turns out that city deposits in the Chinatown bank were doubled after Bradley made a phone call to the Los Angeles treasurer. The savings...