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...Woodward and Carl Bernstein in Washington now. There is no question about it. We need others like them to uncover the lies and distortions that are issued each day by the Bush Administration. John Dean, Nixon's lawyer, has branded this Administration "worse than Watergate." Robert F. Martina Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. News You Might Lose "Read All Over" [June 13] noted declining newspaper circulation figures in Europe and North America and reminded me of what happened in the book business. Our family owned a small, moderately successful bookstore for nearly 20 years, but when I first walked into a chain...
...LOUISIANA...
...food lovers. Ever more bizarre victuals found their way to specialty grocery stores, and a frenzy of new restaurants swept across the land. The cooking of the Southwest began to eclipse Cajun fare as our high-status regional cuisine--small wonder, when the gumbos, jambalayas and red beans of Louisiana became overworked into clichés. Its most overrated specialty, blackened redfish, is a culinary travesty. Scorched spices encrust the fish and mask its delicate flavor. There were contradictions, too, as Americans pumped iron to stay thin, then tried to maintain status by eating In. This was also the year...
...carving out a niche with flights between California and the Midwest. Many others, though, have failed. After expanding too swiftly, Air Florida filed for bankruptcy in 1984 and then merged with Chicago's Midway Airlines. The casualties of competitive battles in the past two years have also included Louisiana-based Pride Air, Pacific Express of California and Northeastern International, all of which suspended flights or went out of business because of financial difficulties...
...17th state to pass a seat-belt bill. On New Year's Day, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Mexico and California had all snapped in, bringing to 13 the number of states now requiring motorists to buckle up or pay fines of as much as $50. By mid-1987, when Louisiana, Indiana and Oklahoma will have joined the list, nearly 58% of the U.S. will be covered. Experts question the long-term effectiveness of such laws, however, pointing out that compliance wanes rapidly. While 69% of New York motorists buckled up a year ago, after the state passed the nation's first...