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Although Tower denies divulging any classified information about the negotiations, his use of this high government position for personal advantage seems incompatible with Bush's calls for avoiding even the "appearance" of wrongdoing in his administration...
...Noting the principal concern of Senator Nunn and other members of the Senate relative to my confirmation as Secretary of Defense, namely the extent to which I may engage in excessive use of beverage alcohol, let me state that I have never been an alcoholic nor dependent on alcohol," Tower said in a statement he read on ABC-TV's This Week With David Brinkley...
...relief of many, what is also finally on the increase is the feeling among Americans that enough is enough. A TIME/CNN poll conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman last week found that 86% of those interviewed believe crime is getting worse and 84% think violence resulting from the use of guns is becoming a bigger problem. Fully 57% worry about becoming victims, 22% say they or members of their families have been threatened by someone with a gun, and 30% are so fearful of being assaulted on the street that they would just as soon carry a gun themselves. An overwhelming...
...pride," says Thomas. "By the time they find their way here, they'll beg, steal and trade their bodies to the dope man for more." The mothers uneasily deny that their babies were affected by crack, but Thomas says all the children have shown signs of their mothers' drug use...
...clock was going "cuckoo" even before the trial began. Late last week defense, prosecution and judge were locked in a quarrel over material that Sullivan may want to use right off the bat. He claims that secret documents show that Ronald Reagan and other members of his Administration -- among them Secretary of State George Shultz, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane, CIA Director William Casey and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General John Vessey -- "personally and directly" took part in arranging deals to have other countries aid the Nicaraguan contras at a time when help from...