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...friendship with the American people. But I believe it is morally wrong for Ambassador Platt to take sides because it will mean more bloodshed." Saving democracy may be its own reward, but for the U.S., this rescue could have long-term costs. Now that Washington has used force to prop up the Aquino regime, will anything less do the next time a threat arises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Soldier Power | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...University of Nebraska, Proposition 48 is just not an issue students talk over dinner. Rather, Prop 48 is real, as several athletes have been forced to sit out their first year...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Tales of a Lost Wanderer in Nebraska | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

...very unfortunate that The Crimson reported on November 7 that "PBH rallies against Prop 1-2-3." We are not responsible for the misunderstanding created by The Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBHA & Politics | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...funds were used for anti-Prop 1-2-3 activities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBHA & Politics | 11/15/1989 | See Source »

...advised Krenz, promising a "far- reaching program" to change the constitution, the economy and the education system. Yet he defined perestroika merely as something to "make socialism more attractive." For him, Soviet-style reform seemed not so much a welcome formula for change as a last-ditch effort to prop up the East German system before the rift between the party and society grows too wide to bridge. He flatly rejected any suggestion that East Germany might be merging into the West. "The question is not on the table," he said. "Socialism and capitalism have never existed together on German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany No Longer If But When | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

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