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...causes of civil war in Nicaragua have disappeared," she said. The next day Ortega returned to a more conciliatory tone, this time announcing the renewal of a cease-fire that he had unilaterally suspended last November. At the same time, he called on the U.S. to pay for the prompt demobilization and relocation of the contras, 10,000 of whom remain in Honduras. Not to be upstaged, Chamorro announced that the Sandinistas would have to "turn over everything" to her, including the armed forces. "I will be running the country," she declared somewhat testily...
...reforms must run deeper than streamlining the flow of information. Harvard health officials should not be allowed to pick and choose the health information they reveal to students and staff. University policy should require full and prompt disclosure of environmental contamination...
...media. When the poll was narrowed to specific news organizations and journalists (including the Wall Street Journal, Cable News Network, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather and Ted Koppel), several actually outscored the Pope -- and left President Bush far behind. Still, the overall decline in media credibility was enough to prompt somber newspaper reports. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN PRESS DIPS SHARPLY, SURVEY FINDS, headlined the Los Angeles Times...
...high-tech frontiers, the speedy service has its glitches. The IRS computers are programmed to accept virtually no discrepancies. Even a simple typographical or spacing error will prompt the system to reject the form. "The return has to be almost perfect before it goes through," says Richard Butler, a Chicago accountant. Tax giant H&R Block, which has hawked its service with a high-profile advertising campaign called "Rapid Refund," says its program is going smoothly. But smaller preparing firms have found the system to be a computerized nightmare. "We're experiencing a communication problem with software, and it costs...
...endorsing the law's attempt to root out the urban blight and crime associated with such enterprises, the court concluded that the licensing scheme amounted to an unconstitutional "prior restraint" on speech because it did not impose a time limit for acting on applications and did not provide for prompt judicial review. However, the court unanimously upheld the Dallas ordinance as it applies to "hot sheet" sex motels...