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...search for peace continued last week. In El Salvador, President Jose Napoleon Duarte met with representatives of Marxist-led guerrillas; they failed to sign a cease-fire but agreed to keep talking. More surprising, negotiators for the Guatemalan government and leftist rebels conferred in Madrid. They issued a terse statement claiming, "Both sides consider that the climate of the talks was satisfactory." That was the first hint that either side might be willing to settle a brutal guerrilla war that has claimed 30,000 lives in the past 16 years...
...planned review brought a lash of criticism from left-wing delegates. "Champagne Socialism," they called the new thrust, grumbling that the party was abandoning its traditions to court the growing middle-class voters. Said Leftist Stalwart Tony Benn: "The part at the top is in a panic-stricken rout and is prepared to say almost anything in an attempt to pick up votes...
Fitzwater said the president does not intend to issue "final judgments" about whether Nicaragua's leftist Sandinistas are complying with the peace accord...
...leftist troublemaker did manage to sneak in, however. Joshua Laub, a senior at Tufts and a member of the International Committee Against Racism (INCAR), attempted to attack Calero as the contra made his way to the podium. Harvard police quickly and successfully subdued Laub, but Law School officials nonetheless cancelled the event, despite Calero's willingness to continue...
...Gore] is the only Democrat who won't panderto leftist interest groups," Miller said. "TheAmerican people will not elect a McGovernite...