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...JESSE JACKSON'S successful rescue effort of Lt. Robert O. Goodman Jr. was a well-calculated political risk that proved to be a most telling comment on Jackson's Democratic candidacy. Jackson's previously voiced dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party should be recognized as only a minor facet of his plans. Jackson wants to become president, not simply bring attention to the inadequacies of President Ronald Reagan or the no-win options on the Democratic slate he opposes...

Author: By Curla D. Williams, | Title: New Horizons | 1/6/1984 | See Source »

...fire department believes that a soldering instrument left outside the tutorial office by construction workers caused the fire, said Lt. Michael Travis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams Fire Damage | 11/17/1983 | See Source »

French spokesman Lt. Col. Phillipe DeLongeaux said 38 French troops were killed, 15 wounded, and 20 were missing in the bombing at a French command seconds after the attack on the Americans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beirut Marnies to 'Shoot to Kill' As Bombing Death Toll Hits 214 | 10/26/1983 | See Source »

...Kentucky that women have had the most influential impact on state politics. Several years ago, whenever former Gov. Julian Carroll ventured out of the state, Lt. Gov. Thelma Stovall used the opportunity to exercise her rights as the acting governor, often to contrary purposes of the governor. In one instance, she vetoed the Kentucky legislature's recession of its ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment--an issue whose legality had to be decided in the courts. This year's gubernatorial election involves the current Democratic Lt. Gov. Martha Layne Collins; Jim Bunning, a Republican state legislator and former baseball pitcher...

Author: By John S. Gardner, | Title: Southern Belles | 10/1/1983 | See Source »

However, the news story reported an event whose light coverage was disproportionate to its significance: it was a matter-of-fact account of a thwarted CIA plot to overthrow Surinam's government. Convinced that the South American country's leader Lt. Col. Desi Bouterse might be soft on Communism. America's favorite foreign policy arm hatched a scheme to oust his regime, which seized power in a military coup in 1980. According to The Times' report, the CIA plan called for a paramilitary force composed primarily of Surinamese exiles to infiltrate the capital city and take over the government Maybe...

Author: By Holly A. Idelson, | Title: A Matter of Course | 6/8/1983 | See Source »

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