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...intelligence agencies confirmed the missile deal only about two months ago, and it was disclosed publicly in the March 18 Washington Post. Initially taken by surprise, the U.S. has obtained assurances from King Fahd, via a letter to Ronald Reagan, that the warheads on the surface-to-surface missiles are not nuclear. The U.S. has nonetheless asked to inspect the missiles, which have an estimated range of around 1,600 miles. Riyadh has so far refused permission...
...that U.S. Ambassador Hume Horan is being recalled from Riyadh after a tour of only six months. It was unclear whether the missile flap was involved, but the issue could hardly have been a highlight of his brief tenure. Horan's possible successor: Walter Cutler, who served in the post from 1984 until last summer...
...time, Murdoch was benefiting from temporary waivers of a Federal Communications Commission regulation that prohibits a firm from owning a newspaper and a TV station in the same community. The waivers allowed him to continue owning the Herald and WFXT-TV in Boston, and the New York Post and WNYW-TV in Manhattan. But the congressional measure urged by Kennedy forbade the FCC to extend the time period of the waivers that were then in effect. Kennedy said Murdoch had the "fix in" with the FCC. For its part, the Herald tweaked Kennedy...
Last week the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington ruled that the amendment was unconstitutional since it was aimed only at Murdoch. But the ruling came too late for Murdoch to hang on to the Post. Real Estate Tycoon Peter Kalikow bought the paper last month for $37 million...
...send-them-a-message primary votes did not end with Wallace. In a sense, Jackson supporters are registering a protest against efforts to neuter the Democratic Party so it can compete in a conservative era. It is not accidental that Jackson's two primary opponents, Dukakis and Gore, are post-liberal politicians who have built their careers around competence and mastery of complex subjects rather than ideological appeal. The almost willful blandness of these two white Democrats is a form of protective camouflage designed to help them win in November, if nominated. These sober strategies seem pallid to many Democratic...