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From his perch on the fringe of the American political spectrum, Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. has accused Queen Elizabeth II of drug trafficking and blamed the International Monetary Fund for creating and spreading the AIDS virus. Henry Kissinger and Walter Mondale, among others, have earned spots on his list of Communist spies. But last week LaRouche gave his conspiracy theories a more personal and self-aggrandizing touch. In an Alexandria, Va., courtroom, he declared that as a result of his conviction last month on fraud charges, "the vital interests of the United States have been put in jeopardy." A four...
...that really upset me recently was Shirley MacLaine. Shirley was too big a star to do a pre-interview. We had no idea what she wanted to talk about. So the talent staff put together a list of four or five questions based on research material. Then she comes on the program and she brings with her an attitude, which she mentioned early on: "I guess Cher was right." ((Cher once called Letterman an unprintable name on the air.)) I thought that was untoward, needless. And then, when I would ask her the questions, about her past lives or about...
Near the top of the list has been the size of Nicaragua's armed forces. The U.S. contends that the Sandinistas' 70,000-member standing army is much bigger than necessary for legitimate defense and that it looms as a threat to other countries in the region. Ortega claimed he has already cut back his troops by 10,000 and reduced the state security police by 6,000. Nicaragua has also slashed one-third of its security budget, from $180 million this year to $127 million in 1990. If Washington feels further reductions are necessary, added Ortega, "we're ready...
With his political appointment, Lindsey adds his name to a growing list of faculty members from Harvard's "liberal boutique" filling the ranks of the Bush administration. Richard L. Thornburgh, former director of the Institute of Politics...
Administrators say they hope that withholding lottery numbers will shorten the lottery process and encourage students to list their house choice according to true preference rather than according to the likelihood of availability...