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Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke claims to have "won thousands of convictions for drug-related crimes" during his seven-year career as a prosecutor. But it was he who started much of the furor over legalization by calling for a national debate on the issue in an April speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors. For drug dealers, says Schmoke, "going to jail is just part of the cost of doing business. It's a nuisance, not a deterrent...
With that, the first stage of Mitterrand's plan to shift the country's political axis was in place. During the last five years of his seven-year first term, the President determinedly changed his own political color from radical to pragmatist. Now he wants a government that is still steered by Socialists but "open" to other, middle-of-the-road currents. In a second stage, the President wants to form a center-left coalition government composed of both Socialists and leading members of the current center-right parties that have been backing Chirac...
...chair with adhesive tape, had been found in the burned remains of the couple's garage, which Bulloch admitted torching. He claimed that his wife had choked to death accidentally during an episode of sexual bondage. Though he faced the death penalty for murder, he drew only a seven-year prison term on the lesser charge of manslaughter. Frustrated prosecutors have now moved to try him for arson...
Francois Mitterrand won a second seven-year term as France's President on Sunday, with 54% of the vote against Premier Jacques Chirac's 46%. The result was hardly startling after Mitterrand's strong showing in the first round of balloting on April 24, though the release of three French hostages in Lebanon last Wednesday seemed briefly to boost Chirac's chances. Chirac failed to capture enough supporters of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the ultra-rightist candidate, who fared surprisingly well in the initial round. On the eve of his triumph, Mitterrand, 71, outlined his plans for the second term...
PARIS--President Francois Mitterrand was reelected Sunday to a second seven-year term in a resounding victory over conservative Premier Jacques Chirac...