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And Now a Word from Our Sponsor On NBC television, President Reagan's January 29 announcement that he would run for re-election was preceded by the nuclear holocaust ending of the film World War...
...Their dream, they say, is to end the nuclear arms race...
...They said the plans involved naval maneuvers, air reconnaissance support, and at least $80 million in emergency military aid...
...No More Killing The State Department has removed the word killing from its human rights reports, and now refers to unlawful or arbitrary deprivation of life...
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...Unfettered Democracy in Action News story from the Philadelphia Inquirer...
...The degree was imprinted on a frisbee...
...And Now a Word from Our Sponsor On NBC television, President Reagan's January 29 announcement that he would run for re-election was preceded by the nuclear holocaust ending of the film World War III...
...We want them to be seen as an example of unfettered democracy,' one official said of the elections...
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...Peacemakers From an article in The New York Times: "LIVERMORE, Calif.-Behind fences topped with barbed wire and doors equipped with combination locks, dozens of young physicists and engineers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory work late into the night, six and seven days a week, on classified projects aimed at creating the next generation of nuclear weapons...
...The Higher Learning Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, awarded a bachelor's degree in "professional flying disc entertainment and education" to John Robert Dworak...
...Not to Worry A Department of Energy spokesman at Hanford, Washington, explaining why no announcement was made after the smokestack at a plutonium plant was found to be leaking radioactive material into the atmosphere: "The thing is this—we have incidents happening over here all the time...
...Kiss of Death President Reagan told Republican contributors at a Las Vegas luncheon that victory in the 1984 election would require "mouth-to-mouth, hand-to-hand contact...
...A Piece of the Action In Casper, Wyoming, the Star-Tribune announced a speech on "International Terrorism" by Ed Mason, "an Eagle Scout and author [who] unfolds terrorism operations and how we all fit in...
...Frontiers of Free Enterprise Famous Fido's Doggie Deli in Chicago offers $3 gourmet dinners for dogs and cats, as well as $8-a-muzzle pet birthday parties and obedience school graduation celebrations...
...Whenever the wearers leave home or try to remove the device, a transmitter planted in their telephones sends a signal to a probation department computer...
...Critics have charged that the anklet smacks of Big Brotherism, but the New Mexico Civil Liberties Union defended the device, saying that it relieved jail crowding...
...For the King's Eyes Only From The Washington Post: "In 1980, the Carter Administration experimented with a new classification: 'Royal,' for information so sensitive that only the President and eight members of the Congressional intelligence committees could see it...
...An unnamed NBC official told Variety the juxtaposition was "one of the great surrealistic events of our lifetime...
...WASHINGTON— The United States is planning to put a tight security shield around war-torn El Salvador as a guard against any rebel attempt to disrupt the March 25 presidential elections, Administration officials and Congressional aides said yesterday...
...Love, American Style A small-arms dealer in Nashville, Tennessee, said he sold at least twenty .38-caliber pistols (at $214.95 each) after advertising them as "a lasting gift of love" for Valentine's Day...
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...An official explained, "We found the term killing too broad...
...Site Suitable for Commercial Development Secretary of State George P. Shultz after a visit to Grenada: "The terrain is more rugged than I imagined, but it is certainly a lovely piece of real estate...
...Hi-Tech Ball and Chain From the monthly news roundup in Student Lawyer magazine: "Criminals in Albuquerque convicted of minor offenses have a choice—they can go to jail or they can wear an electronic anklet that alerts police when they are more than 200 feet from their home phones...
Vol. 48 • April 1984 • No. 4
