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LA051190-0185 | SOUTHLAND; LIZ TAYLOR SUFFERS RELAPSE, WILL BE IN HOSPITAL SIX MORE WEEKS | Pneumonia-stricken actress Elizabeth Taylor has suffered complications in her fifth week of hospitalization, including new infections, and doctors now say she will be hospitalized six more weeks. The recovery of Miss Taylor, near death two weeks ago with a viral pneumonia, has been complicated by bacterial pneumonia ... | actress elizabeth taylor;hospitalization;st. john's hospital;viral pneumonia;intravenous therapy;yeast infection;miss taylor;bacterial pneumonia | |
LA051590-0065 | WORST FIRE SEASON IN DECADES SEEN | Prolonged drought, bark beetles and a rare fungus are drying out and killing brush and trees that surround many Southern California neighborhoods, creating the potential for one of the worst wildfire seasons in decades, fire officials warned Monday. A map released Monday by the Los Angeles County Fire Department show... | fire officials;fuel source;prolonged drought;rainfall season;vulnerable foothills;southern california neighborhoods;wildfire danger;fire prevention regulations;vulnerable fire zones;wildfire seasons;high fire hazards | |
LA052289-0050 | RENEWAL AT YELLOWSTONE; FIRE RULES AFFECTED; CONTROVERSY STILL SMOLDERS AT YELLOWSTONE | This has always been a land of stark contrasts and magnificent subtleties, never more so than in the aftermath of last summer's spectacular season of fire which scorched enough timber and meadow to rival Rhode Island in size. From the sky where the graceful bald eagles soar, the oldest and grandest of our national pa... | yellowstone park fires;fire ecology;natural fires;lodgepole pines;lightning fire;human-caused fires;yellowstone national park reforestation;firefighting efforts;destructive blazes;firefighting crews | |
LA060490-0083 | ONE SYMPTOM OF 'MAD COW' DISEASE IS TRADE FRICTION | "Mad cow" disease, an enigmatic nervous disorder that has killed thousands of cattle in Britain, is causing trade friction in Europe and is threatening the $3.7-billion British beef industry. On Friday, West Germany joined France in a ban on British beef imports, citing health fears related to the mysterious ailment,... | mad cow disease;bovine spongiform encephalopathy;germany import ban;health fears;bse-infected cows;british beef imports;trade friction | |
LA061589-0143 | U.S. REACTION; BEN JOHNSON'S 100-METER RECORD SHOULDN'T STAND, ATHLETES AND OFFICIALS SAY | Ben Johnson should be stripped of his world record in the 100-meter dash and it should be awarded to Carl Lewis, many U.S. track and field officials and athletes said Wednesday in the aftermath of Johnson admitting to his steroid use. Johnson testified this week at a Canadian inquiry that his seven-year involvement w... | canadian inquiry;carl lewis;world record;steroid use;world championships;100-meter dash;ben johnson;illegal performance-enhancing drugs | |
LA070189-0080 | ANTELOPE VALLEY BLAZE CONTAINED; CLEVELAND FOREST FIRE CONTROLLED | Firefighters got the upper hand Friday on an 8,200-acre brush fire in Cleveland National Forest that destroyed 11 structures near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County. Aided by higher humidity and a decrease in wind, fire crews had more than 85% of the blaze surrounded late Friday afternoon and began releasing many of t... | brush fire;damage;fire crews;blaze;investigators;firefighters;cleveland national forest | |
LA070190-0073 | 'MR. TORNADO' DEVOTES LIFE TO UNDERSTANDING NATURE'S AWESOME DESTRUCTIVE POWER | Tetsuya Theodore Fujita saw his only natural tornado near Denver in 1982. "It was like meeting my lover," he says. "Since then, my passion really went up," said Fujita, a professor of geophysical science who has been studying tornadoes for 42 years and is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the viol... | violent storms;small twisters;tornadoes;scientists;natural tornado;fujita;thunderstorms | |
LA071589-0076 | BID TO EXCLUDE ILLEGALS FROM CENSUS HIT; OFFICIALS SAY MOVE WOULD HURT STATE IN CONGRESS, CUT FEDERAL AID | Public officials throughout California have condemned a U.S. Senate vote Thursday to exclude illegal aliens from the 1990 census, saying the action will shortchange California in Congress and possibly deprive the state of millions of dollars of federal aid for medical emergency services and other programs for poor peop... | 1990 census;federal aid;congressional seats;census bureau;u.s. senate vote;illegal aliens;census counts;california | |
LA071590-0068 | 4 WHO CLAIM POLICE BEAT THEM WERE NOT CHARGED; OXNARD: THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE SAYS IT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE NOT TO PROSECUTE SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF CRIMES BY POLICE. | Over the past two years, the Ventura County district attorney's office in four separate incidents has declined to prosecute suspects who contended that they were victims of police brutality while being arrested for various offenses by Oxnard officers, records show. In a fifth and more recent incident, the district at... | excessive force;forcible brutality;police officers;victims;arrest report;police brutality | |
LA072089-0140 | JET CARRYING 293 CRASHES, BURNS IN IOWA; 166 SURVIVE | A crippled United Airlines DC-10 crashed a half-mile short of a runway while trying to make an emergency landing Wednesday afternoon, bursting into a cartwheeling fireball that broke into what one eyewitness described as "15,000 pieces" and killing at least 123 of the 293 passengers and crew members on board. Remarka... | united airlines dc-10;violent crash;air crash;crash victims;flight crew;tail engine;explosion;emergency landing;complete hydraulic failure;crash landing | |
LA073089-0118 | THE NRA FIGHTS BACK; ON THE DEFENSIVE OVER ASSAULT WEAPONS, THE GUN LOBBY IS USING CONTROVERSIAL TACTICS TO TARGET ITS ENEMIES | IN BLOOD-RED letters, the sign on the front window of the Dealers Outlet gun store in suburban Phoenix declared: "Urgent! Act Now! Stop the Gun Ban!" Inside, customers took time out from browsing through AK-47 assault rifles and a flock of other firearms to sign a petition -- and to vent their wrath at a local "turncoa... | gun-control bills;gun-control measures;nra;deconcini;gun control;constitutional right;firearms;gun ban;gun lobby | |
LA080189-0042 | CREW TRAPPED IN CAPSIZED OIL RIG IN GULF; HURRICANE PERILS TEXAS, LOUISIANA | Hurricane Chantal, the first of the season, aimed for the Texas and Louisiana coasts Monday, a day in which the storm's winds capsized an oil drilling work vessel and trapped as many as 10 crew members inside. Three of the crewmen were picked up by a nearby fishing vessel and a fourth was plucked from the water by a ... | coast guard;coastal residents;hurricane chantal;oil drilling work vessel;crew members;hurricane warnings;hurricane staples;hurricane season;rescue divers | |
LA080790-0111 | JOE MORGAN'S SUIT PROTESTS DRUG 'PROFILE'; CIVIL RIGHTS: THE FORMER BASEBALL STAR SAYS HE WAS UNFAIRLY TARGETED BY POLICE AND ARRESTED AT LAX BECAUSE HE IS BLACK. A SECOND TRIAL ON HIS CLAIM IS SET. | As they scanned the flow of passengers at Los Angeles International Airport, police detective Clayton Searle and his fellow narcotics officer searched for the likely companion of the suspected drug courier who stood handcuffed nearby. When Searle noticed a short, muscular black man walk toward them and then turn abru... | police officer;drugs;public affairs;clayton searle;joe morgan;los angeles;racism | |
LA081489-0025 | LELAND CRASH SITE FOUND; ALL 16 KILLED; WRECKAGE OF PLANE WITH CONGRESSMAN SPOTTED IN ETHIOPIA | U.S. military helicopters on Sunday located the wreckage of a plane that crashed last Monday with Texas congressman Mickey Leland and 15 others aboard. Witnesses who visited the site said there were no survivors. U.S. rescue and recovery teams said that the plane hit a mountain about 4,300 feet above sea level, havin... | heavy weather;texas congressman mickey leland;crash site;wreckage;rescue operations;twin-engine twin otter;american helicopters;fugnido refugee camp | |
LA081490-0030 | WILDFIRE CREWS PAY A HEAVY PRICE IN HEALTH | The 80,000 men and women who battle the nation's wildfires have always known their lives were endangered by flames or heat or falling debris. But now, two new studies show they also face an unseen hazard: Their health is under siege from the poisonous stew of gases and soot in wildfire smoke. Among the culprits are... | wildfire smoke;poisonous stew;hazardous chemicals;wildfires;lung function;carbon monoxide;respiratory protection;california wildland firefighters;respiratory diseases;fatal heart attacks;health services;unseen hazard | |
LA081589-0043 | MISSISSIPPI REP. SMITH DIES IN AIR CRASH | Freshman congressman Larkin Smith (R-Miss.) died in a light plane crash in Mississippi, authorities said Monday, making him the second member of the House killed in an aviation accident in a week. The single-engine Cessna 177 crashed Sunday night in thick woods near the tiny community of Janice. Smith and the pilot, ... | light plane crash;single-engine cessna 177;mississippi;wreckage;freshman congressman larkin smith;aviation accident;airplane crash | |
LA081890-0039 | SWAI HOPES COMEBACK TRAIL INCLUDES VICTORY IN HALF MARATHON | Alphonce Swai, who ran in the 1984 Olympics for Tanzania, but who later fell prey to alcoholism, continues his comeback bid in Sunday's America's Finest City HomeFed Half Marathon. The race is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. at the Cabrillo Monument atop the Point Loma Peninsula. It will wind its way to the finish line ... | challenging course;homefed half marathon;alphonce swai;runners;comeback bid;race | |
LA091889-0088 | THIRD WORLD'S MASSIVE DEBT GROWING WORSE; WORLD BANK REPORT SAYS ECONOMIC GROWTH MIXED | Third World debtors had to pay $50.1 billion more to service their debts to the United States and other creditors last year than they received in new loans -- a major drain on their already cash-strapped economies -- the World Bank reported Sunday. The figure, contained in the bank's annual report and made public bef... | cash-strapped economies;third world countries;third world debtors;creditors;global debt burden;new loans;cash drain | |
LA092189-0123 | BOMB SUSPECTED IN CRASH OF FRENCH PLANE IN AFRICA | A French DC-10 jetliner with 171 people aboard experienced a powerful high-altitude explosion, possibly from a terrorist bomb, before crashing in a remote desert region of Niger in northern Africa, officials in France said Wednesday. In Washington, intelligence specialists said they believe that the jetliner may have... | niger;rescue mission;crash site;terrorist attack;french dc-10 jetliner;powerful high-altitude explosion;lebanon crisis;terrorist bomb | |
LA092490-0095 | END OF HIS BAN ONLY STARTS THE QUESTIONS; TRACK AND FIELD: MARKETABILITY OF BEN JOHNSON AFTER SUSPENSION FOR STEROID USE POSES A GAMBLE FOR PROMOTERS. | It was a scene that recalled the golden days for Ben Johnson. Almost. The media were there, as before, chronicling a news conference. Johnson was as before, shy and yet brimming with confidence. There was the bluster, the bragging, the promise of big things to come. This scene, which played out two weeks ago in Italy... | drug tests;news conference;hamilton spectator indoor games;suspension;expectation;ben johnson;seoul olympics;performance-enhancing drugs;world record-holder;anabolic steroids | |
LA092790-0010 | PERSPECTIVES ON TERM LIMITATIONS; . . . NO, IT'LL SHIFT POWER TO THE UNELECTED; SURE, VOTERS ARE ANGRY. BUT INTEREST GROUPS WITH THEIR OWN AGENDAS ARE FUNNELING THE ANGER TO THEIR OWN BENEFIT. | Proposals to limit the terms of members of Congress and of state legislators are popular and getting more so, according to the pundits and the polls. Students of government like me find it hard to understand why. Contrary to most of the propaganda on the subject, these constitutional changes won't do what their propone... | electoral alliances;term limitations;constitutional changes;term limits;state legislators;representative democracy;interest groups;constitutional restriction | |
LA093089-0076 | SENATE VOTES TO BAR COUNTING OF ILLEGAL ALIENS IN CENSUS | In a blow to California and other states with large immigrant populations, the Senate voted Friday to bar the Census Bureau from counting illegal aliens in the 1990 population count. The action came on a voice vote, despite arguments from the Bush Administration and other opponents that it is both unconstitutional an... | prohibition;voice vote;congressional seats;illegal immigrants;federal aid;census bureau;appropriations bill;house seats;illegal aliens;1990 population count | |
LA093089-0126 | SENATE VOTES TO PROHIBIT COUNTING OF ILLEGAL ALIENS IN CENSUS | In a blow to California and other states with large immigrant populations, the Senate voted Friday to bar the Census Bureau from counting illegal aliens in the 1990 population count. "I'm stunned," said Santa Ana City Council member Miguel A. Pulido. Pulido and other Santa Ana council members say that the 1980 census... | federal aid;voice vote;congressional seats;illegal immigrants;census bureau;senators;appropriations bill;house seats;illegal aliens;large immigrant populations;1990 population count | |
LA100789-0007 | INTERPRETING 2ND AMENDMENT: RESTRICTING GUN OWNERSHIP | This is not an argument regarding the merits of gun control laws. Second Amendment states (1791): "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." As often happens in law, a simple English sentence may have legal signif... | constitutional law;second amendment;gun control laws;arms;federal government;security | |
LA101090-0017 | PERSPECTIVE ON TERM LIMITATIONS; THE CONSEQUENCES OF TINKERING; VOTERS MAY FIND THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS AKIN TO BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE JUST TO GET RIDOF THE RATS. | There is a recurring temptation in American politics to wreak vengeance on one's adversaries by overhauling the political institutions that they dominate. What usually results from this ill-considered radical surgery is that the very people who scheduled the operations end up in the recovery room. Franklin D. Rooseve... | american politics;state lawmakers;opposing political coalition;term limitations;state legislatures;political institutions;legislative reformers;term-limitation backers | |
LA101289-0194 | SILENT KILLER: ONE IN EIGHT LATINOS HIT BY DISEASE | Consuelo wishes she could share her First Communion this year with Abuelita. She misses her grandmother very much. Abuelita was not very old -- just 62 -- but there was not much the doctors could do to save her life. She had uncontrolled diabetes: her kidneys were failing, her blood pressure was too high and she fina... | education efforts;adult-onset diabetes;american diabetes assn.;latino diabetics;major diabetes risk factors;uncontrolled diabetes;american indians;blood pressure;diabetes complications | |
LA101690-0040 | TUBERCULOSIS NOW THE DEADLIEST DISEASE AS TOLL CLIMBS | Tuberculosis has become the world's deadliest infectious disease, and the toll could soon rise even more dramatically if controls are not initiated quickly, the World Health Organization said Monday. The U.N. agency, in its first comprehensive look at global tuberculosis in a decade, said the disease kills nearly 3 m... | deadliest infectious disease;global tuberculosis;human immunodeficiency virus;tuberculosis cases;world health organization;parallel epidemic;aids epidemic | |
LA102189-0151 | ORANGE COUNTY FOCUS: COUNTYWIDE; PLAN WOULD COUNT ILLEGALS IN '90 CENSUS | The director of the county Social Services Agency wants all Orange County residents, including illegal aliens, to be counted in the 1990 Census, and he will ask the Board of Supervisors to support his position. A resolution doing just that will be introduced at the supervisors' meeting Tuesday. Agency officials said ... | federal revenue;complete count;1990 census;orange county residents;census bureau;representatives;illegal aliens;u.s. senate | |
LA102190-0045 | POLITICAL FORECAST; TERM LIMITS: WHAT WOULD BE CHANGED? | Two propositions on California's Nov. 6 ballot would, among other things, limit the terms of statewide officeholders and state legislators. Proposition 131 would limit statewide elected officials to two consecutive four-year terms, state legislators to 12 consecutive years in office; Proposition 140 would hold Assembly... | special interests;political change;consecutive four-year terms;term limitations;professional occupation;statewide officeholders;political process;negative impact;term limits;state legislators;california | |
LA103089-0043 | CHICAGO MARATHON; PATIENCE CARRIES DAVIES-HALE, WEIDENBACH | Mother Nature conspired against this struggling marathon Sunday, serving up balmy, windy weather and wilting both the men's and women's fields. Temperatures during the Old Style/Chicago marathon hovered in the mid-60s, with 53% humidity. The heat sapped the strength of most runners, giving the patient and steady runn... | distance runners;race conditions;windy weather;steady runners;patient;chicago marathon;second-hottest race | |
LA103089-0070 | JET CRASHES ON CARRIER; FIVE KILLED | A jet trainer crashed Sunday on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Lexington in the Gulf of Mexico, killing five people, injuring at least two and damaging several aircraft, the Navy said. The crash of the two-seat T-2 Buckeye caused several fires on the World War II-era ship that sailors quickly brought under c... | crash;major damage;aircraft carrier lexington;flight deck;victims;jet trainer;t-2 buckeye | |
LA110490-0184 | OFFICER PLANS MARATHON ON BATTLESHIP | While Lt. Guy Zanti's wife and father run a marathon today in Washington, the naval officer intends to match their efforts on the battleship Wisconsin in the waters of the Middle East. Zanti became interested in marathon running in April when he watched his 53-year-old father run his first marathon in California. Z... | marine corps marathon;washington;training;battleship wisconsin;marathon running;lt. guy zanti | |
LA110589-0082 | CHILE WILL STUDY SAN FRANCISCO QUAKE | Scientists and engineers in Chile, which has the distinction of playing host to the largest earthquake ever measured, are waiting with serious interest reports on the Oct. 17 San Francisco earthquake. Measured by magnitude, "Chile is the world's most seismic country," said building engineer Elias Arze, president of t... | considerable damage;massive plates;chilean earthquakes;seismic country;chilean buildings;earth movements;major earthquake;chilean seismology;chile;san francisco earthquake | |
LA110590-0038 | KENYAN LEADS A FOREIGN SWEEP; RUNNING: DOUGLAS WAKIIHURI AND POLAND'S WANDA PANFIL ARE WINNERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON. | Foreigners continued their domination of the New York City Marathon but the winners weren't Juma Ikangaa or Grete Waitz. Douglas Wakiihuri, a Kenyan who trains in Japan, was the overall winner and Poland's Wanda Panfil, who lives in Mexico, was the women's winner in Sunday's race which was plagued by heat and humidit... | douglas wakiihuri;foreigners;third consecutive marathon victory;winners;wanda panfil;new york city marathon | |
LA120290-0163 | 'HELLO' AND 'BONJOUR' AS TUNNELERS MEET; ENGLISH CHANNEL: BRITISH AND FRENCH WORKERS KNOCK OUT A PASSAGE BIG ENOUGH TO WALK THROUGH, LINKING THE TWO SIDES OF THE 'CHUNNEL.' | Cheers erupted Saturday on both sides of the English Channel when British and French workers digging the Channel Tunnel finally met after knocking out a passage large enough to walk through and shake hands. "Today, for the first time, men can cross the channel underground," French President Francois Mitterrand said. ... | continental europe;high-speed train;english channel;brilliant sign;channel tunnel;rail tunnels;6-foot-tall service tunnel;engineering project;symbolic milestone | |
LA120389-0130 | FUTURE HURRICANES MAY PACK MORE PUNCH | The names will be different, but more hurricanes with the powerful punches of Hugo and Gilbert may be prowling the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in the future. "The probability of more intense hurricanes in the Atlantic region is greater in the next decade or two than it has been in the 1970s and '80s," says... | atmospheric conditions;intense hurricanes;catastrophic storm;hurricane patterns;ferocious hurricanes;atlantic region;meteorologist william gray | |
LA121189-0017 | LATE ENTRANT WINS A RUN FOR MONEY; MARATHON: ERNESTO BEATRIZ MARTINEZ OF MEXICO CITY, TRAVELED A LONG ROAD TO THE FINISH LINE SUNDAY, BUT HIS VICTORY AND PRIZE MONEY WILL GO ALONG WAY TOWARD HELPING HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. | While more than a thousand runners were treated to an evening of comedy, music and magic at Saturday night's carbo load dinner on Mission Bay, Ernesto Beatriz Martinez of Mexico City was treated to a bumpy 12 1/2-hour bus ride from his hometown to border town Tijuana. Not until early Sunday morning did Beatriz Martin... | marie rollins;ernesto beatriz martinez;runners;marathon course;mexico city;san diego international marathon | |
SJMN91-06012224 | JOHNSON SECOND IN FIRST RACE SINCE BAN | His time of 5.77 seconds was eclipsed by the 5.75-second time of Daron Council, a former narcotics officer who now works in crime prevention for the Alachua County, Fla., sheriff's department.; The brief race produced a record crowd of 17,050 and drew nearly 500 journalists from 14 countries in North America, Europe... | two-year suspension;slow start;second-place finish;johnson;record crowd;daron council;first race;drug testing;first indoor loss | |
SJMN91-06071022 | RAINSTORMS INCREASE THE THREAT OF FOREST FIRES | As of last month, live pines in the Mount Palomar area near San Diego had less moisture than boards at a lumber yard.; Firefighting also will be made tougher this year because much of the military reserve and National Guard equipment and pilots normally mobilized against wildfires are still in the Persian Gulf and p... | firefighting;preventive measures;fire season;severe fires spreads;wildfires;fire threat;natural fire corridor;aggressive approach;brush fires;firefighters;california | |
SJMN91-06084228 | RUNNING AWAY FROM THE TRUTH | St. Martin's, 306 pp., $18.95; CHARLIE Francis, testifying in 1988 in Toronto at a federal inquiry about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports, seemed a mad scientist, something on the order of Dr. Frankenstein. Francis, the Canadian national sprint coach, knew the polysyllabic names and complex characteris... | gold medal;charlie francis;world record;canadian national sprint coach;ben johnson;federal inquiry;performance-enhancing drugs;toronto;illegal steroid use;steroid combination;steroids | |
SJMN91-06105230 | EARLY SPEED MAY TURN BOSTON MARATHON INTO RACE OF ATTRITION | And for the sentimentalists, there will be 83-year-old Johnny Kelley starting in his 60th Boston Marathon. There have only been 35 editions of this race run without him.; The last three Boston marathons have turned into reckless speed duels. They have produced five of the top 10 times and eight of the top 15 in the ... | alarming rate;checkpoint records;boston marathons;storied history;race run;60th boston marathon;respectable entrants | |
SJMN91-06129119 | LET CITIZENS REVIEW COP CONDUCT | This was a real case involving a Santa Clara County police agency. I represented the suspect.; The offending officer's police report indicated that the suspect's injuries were due to a fall from his bike and that he appeared unconscious, although he had also struggled against being handcuffed.; There is no mentio... | brutality complaints;police abuse;injuries;santa clara;police brutality;police misconduct | |
SJMN91-06136305 | CLASS COMBATS DIABETES FROM HISPANIC COOKING | Beginning this summer, Torres and other health professionals will be offering nutrition and exercise classes geared toward Hispanics in an effort to educate them on the dangers of diabetes.; According to state Health Department statistics, the incidence of diabetes in the Hispanic population is three times that of t... | hispanic diabetics;hispanic diet;good nutrition;health professionals;diabetes society;education director;hispanic lifestyle | |
SJMN91-06142126 | 'TINDERBOX' WORSENS WORRY OVER WILDFIRES | "Right now the rains have caused everything to green up, but that can change in a few weeks," Lisa Boyd, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in Sacramento, said Monday. "The state's really a tinderbox this year. Everyone's going to have to be extra careful."; In Santa Clara Count... | heavy fuel;fire season;national forests;fire threat;wildfire precautions;firefighting efforts;fire protection;california department;fire prevention unit;u.s. forest service | |
SJMN91-06143070 | GANDHI'S SLAYING IGNITES TURMOIL MILITARY PLACED ON 'RED ALERT' | India's military and paramilitary forces were put on "red alert" as gangs took to the streets of New Delhi and other cities, looking for scapegoats.; India's chief election commissioner, T.N. Seshan, early this morning postponed the remaining two phases of the national parliamentary elections until next month. He acted... | india;political dynasty;new delhi;gandhi;time bomb;blast;congress party;indian politics;assassination scene;national parliamentary elections | |
SJMN91-06161012 | BEST SEATS ARE SOLD OUT FOR CELESTIAL SHOW | With some people having booked trips as long as three years in advance, airline seats, rental cars and hotel reservations range from difficult to impossible to get, travel agents and others report.; "The closer you get to the event, the less there is" available, said Paul Kloetzel, president of O'Brien Travel Servic... | hawaii;total eclipse;eclipse-watchers;special mylar viewers;solar eclipse;mexico city | |
SJMN91-06169114 | FLORIDA WAITING FOR A 'BIG ONE' TO COME FROM SEA | Newspaper headlines have documented Miami's subsequent hurricanes. The city was "Lashed" in '47, "Slammed" in '49 and "Pounded" in '50. The last to hit Miami was Cleo, a small one, in 1964, and the intervening period of calm defies all odds.; Many folks here worry about the "Big One" just as Californians worry about... | miami;tropical storms;tropical depressions;hurricane specialists;national hurricane center;hurricane season;long-term hurricane forecasting | |
SJMN91-06182091 | ARMY GIVES ULTIMATUM TO SLOVENIA FEDERAL FORCES THREATEN ATTACK AS CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT FALTERS | His statement, just a day after both sides agreed to a cease-fire, indicated that a plan to resolve the state's ethnic, political and economic disputes had gone off the rails less than 18 hours after it was accepted.; The ultimatum also appeared to confirm Slovenian fears that the army is acting outside government cont... | federal troops;croatia;serbia;slovenian defense forces;yugoslav army;breakaway republics;western-brokered cease-fire;slovenian fears;yugoslav republic;independence declarations;federal army operations;slovenia;slovenian independence | |
SJMN91-06184003 | BUSH PICKS CONSERVATIVE BLACK TO FILL MARSHALL'S SHOES ON COURT | But Thomas, who has risen in Republican ranks as an advocate of bootstrap conservatism, would present a striking change from Marshall, a civil-rights pioneer and an anchor of the court's declining liberal faction.; Thomas, barely half the age of the man whose seat he was named to fill, came of age in the world that ... | thurgood marshall;nomination;clarence thomas;racial preferences;second black;affirmative action;supreme court | |
SJMN91-06184021 | GRANDPARENTS MOLDED JUDGE NOMINEE GOES FROM POVERTY TO HIGH COURT | Thomas and his brother made it in the white world. Their sister, reared by an aunt, had four children and went on welfare.; Thomas, 43, credits everything he has achieved to his grandparents. He choked up twice on national television Monday when he mentioned them. In a hostile world, they taught him to rely on himse... | u.s. supreme court;grandparents;black power;discipline;clarence thomas;hard work | |
SJMN91-06184088 | THOMAS FACES TOUGH SCRUTINY DEMOS WANT ANSWERS ON THE DIVISIVE ISSUES | But Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, said the Senate Judiciary Committee, in confirming four justices without learning how they felt about abortion, has "given them a free ride" and should be tougher in ferreting out Thomas' views.; "The failure to give an answer may cause me and others to be unwilling to vote for hi... | conservative majority;circuit court;black justice;columbia;clarence thomas;supreme court nomination;senate judiciary committee;confirmation hearings | |
SJMN91-06187248 | CLARENCE THOMAS' TRIAL BY FIRE FROM A CRUCIBLE OF POVERTY, A CONSERVATIVE IS FORMED | There, in the segregated black Georgia of four decades past, began the toughening of Clarence Thomas, nominee to the United States Supreme Court.; Abandoned by his father, driven by his hard-eyed grandfather and a band of nuns sent south to teach black children, young Clarence learned sharecropping and scholarship, har... | supreme court nominees;u.s. court;black conservative;thomas sowell;clarence thomas;hard-eyed grandfather;affirmative action programs;senate confirmation | |
SJMN91-06189077 | SKY-WATCHERS CHASING A SHADOW HAWAIIAN, MEXICAN ECLIPSE ZONES BRACE FOR ASTRONOMICAL CROWDS | While Angel and his followers meditate to prepare for their journey, French New Age musician Jean-Michel Jarre is coordinating an elaborate sound-and-light show to play at the foot of the pyramids in Teotihuacan, north of the capital.; Also on E-day, July 11, crowded cruise ships will linger off Mexico's Pacific Coa... | mexico;sun;tourism;hawaii;total eclipse;visitors;eye damage;eclipse fans | |
SJMN91-06191081 | L.A. PANEL LETS GATES OFF RACISM, NOT CHIEF, IS FOCUS | A source speaking on the condition of anonymity said the panel report did not focus on Gates -- who said he would resign if the commission agreed with his critics that he created a climate within the department that condoned racism and brutality.; The report "deals with management issues, not directly with the chief... | investigation;racism;white police officers;excessive force;minority suspects;police brutality | |
SJMN91-06191174 | LIGHTS OUT! ECLIPSE WILL DIM DAYLIGHT HERE, LEAVE OTHERS IN THE DARK | "It's maybe the greatest natural occurrence one can witness," said Larry Toy, a Chabot College astronomy professor. "The phenomenon is just awe-inspiring."; Solar eclipses occur twice a year, when the sun, moon and earth line up. (This line-up would occur at every new moon, except that the moon's orbit is tilted so ... | total eclipses;solar eclipses;shadow;sun;eclipse studies;hawaii;solar scientists;mexico city | |
SJMN91-06192123 | AND HERE'S HOW YOU LOOK ECLIPSE WATCHERS SCRAMBLE FOR THEIR PLACE IN THE SHADOW | Sure, he'll be able to see Thursday's solar eclipse. But, oh, if only he and the hundreds of other customers could see themselves in the mirror, looking like an audience for a 3-D horror flick.; It appears from the way people in the Golden State have been acting these days that they have been in the sun too long. Ac... | mexico;californians;total eclipse;hawaii;partial eclipse;solar eclipse;eclipse viewers | |
SJMN91-06193081 | LIGHT SHOW 'ECLIPSE OF MILLENNIUM' DAZZLES MILLIONS DESPITE QUIRKS | From Hawaii to Mexico to Central America, more than 40 million people saw the moon obscure so much of the sun that only a blazing ring was visible. In Hawaii, Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in six years, stunning scientists by releasing a dazzling fountain of lava at the height of the eclipse.; And in the Bay ... | mexico;sun;hawaii;eclipsefests;moon obscure;eclipse | |
SJMN91-06193235 | STILL IN THE DARK ABOUT ECLIPSE? HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW | A Although television networks were pushing to have the eclipse in prime time, nature refused to cooperate. In San Jose, the eclipse will begin at 10:10 a.m., peak at 11:20 a.m. and end at 12:34 p.m.; Q What is an eclipse?; A A solar eclipse occurs when the Earth's moon moves into a position to impede the sun's rays.; ... | sun;san jose;shadow;sunglasses;eye damage;eyeshades;mylar glasses;eclipse | |
SJMN91-06195131 | CLINIC BLOCKADERS CHARGE BRUTALITY OPERATION RESCUE SAYS ITS CHARGES OF MISTREATMENT BY POLICE HAVE BEEN IGNORED | In mid-June, a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department was settled when police agreed to stop using a martial-arts weapon, nunchakus, while arresting anti-abortion advocates.; Hundreds have charged that police in more than 50 cities have used excessive force in removing demonstrators intent on closing down... | civil rights demonstrators;anti-abortion;excessive force;serious injury;police abuse;demonstrations;police brutality | |
SJMN91-06212161 | HOW TO MANAGE DIABETES FREE CLINIC FOR HISPANICS WILL FOCUS ON DIET, EXERCISE, MEDICATION | About 7 percent of the general population has diabetes, McNamara said.; Hispanics who have strong American Indian ancestry may be vulnerable to diabetes because about 50 percent of all Indians develop diabetes, McNamara said. Also, the high-fat diet of many Hispanics leads to obesity, which seems to trigger diabetes, M... | high-fat diet;hispanics;diabetes management program;exercise;diabetes society;contracting diabetes | |
SJMN91-06246065 | THOMAS' FIERCE INDEPENDENCE IS AT HEART OF HIS CONSERVATISM | Yet in a matter of weeks, Thomas goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee as President Bush's nominee to join the increasingly conservative Supreme Court.; Thomas' dramatic political and philosophical transformation reveals more about the man than does his Horatio Alger journey from rural Southern poverty to Suprem... | political change;thomas sowell;clarence thomas;racial minorities;supreme court nomination;senate judiciary committee;affirmative action program | |
SJMN91-06255434 | THOMAS' SPOUSE ALSO IN SPOTLIGHT CRITICS SAY HER VIEWS COULD INFLUENCE CASES | Her critics see her as more than the supportive spouse who'll accompany her husband, Clarence, through his Senate confirmation hearings, which began Tuesday and are likely to run through next week. They see a woman with strong opinions on issues that are bound to come before the court.; Some women's-rights activists ... | conservative viewpoint;nomination;supportive spouse;clarence thomas;affirmative action;senate confirmation hearings;criticism;supreme court;virginia thomas | |
SJMN91-06276078 | MODERN OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE SLEEK, AIR-TIGHT AND PERFECT FOR SPREADING DISEASE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING AROUND | What's the link? A poor ventilation system that does little more than recycle old, stale air from one end of the building to another.; Millions of American office workers are getting more than they bargained for when they inhale in a building that has no fresh air. Along with oxygen, they may be getting flu and other... | tuberculosis study;airborne infections;ventilation system;poor air ventilation;infectious air | |
SJMN91-06283083 | L.A. LAW UNDER THE PUBLIC'S GUN EVEN SHERIFF FEELS HEAT OF THE CRITICS | Just last week, a federal judge hearing a civil rights suit issued an unusual order that employees follow department policy -- and the department appealed, winning a temporary delay of the order.; The spotlight that had been trained on the police department and its 8,300 officers now has widened to take in the equall... | investigation;police reform;police brutality;public criticism;rodney king;inadequate discipline;racism | |
SJMN91-06290146 | PRAYERS, SONG IN PIN POINT AS VOTE IS TAKEN | And, a reporter asked, what would she say to Anita Hill if she had the chance?; "I'd tell her to pray," she replied. "She needs God bad. I won't say nothing bad about her because she's a mother-child, too. But, whoever put her up to it, I just pray she'll get her life straightened out."; In Thomas' birthplace, the ... | senate vote;williams;clarence thomas;hometown crowd;birthplace;georgia | |
SJMN91-06301029 | WHY IT COULD HAPPEN HERE CONDITIONS IN SOUTH BAY HILLS MIRROR DEADLY MIX | Now, in the wake of that firestorm, local firefighters are looking up at the hills that surround this area and wondering not whether, but only when and where.; "I know it's there," said Saratoga Fire Chief Ernest Kraule. "Every fire chief -- there's 12 of us in this county -- knows it's there."; The danger is in th... | fire officials;brush fire;saratoga foothills;damaging wildfires;deadly firestorm;oakland firefighters;fire prevention;fire hazards;fire protection | |
SJMN91-06312120 | VACATION? HOW 'BOUT A MARATHON? | But a unique subset has formed: people who like to do both at the same time. And to help these folks along, companies arrange tours for marathon vacations. The result? Bangkok in November, London in April and Stockholm in May.; "Skiers have mountain ranges, tennis players have resorts, why can't a runner take a marat... | marathon vacations;running vacation;restricted entry races;marathon tours | |
WSJ870123-0101 | REVIEW & OUTLOOK (Editorial): Wither Welfare Reform? | In his State of the Union address last January, President Reagan announced that welfare reform would be a priority of his administration in its final three years. He instructed his charges to draw up plans for "immediate action" that would enable poor families to achieve "real and lasting emancipation" from welfare dep... | americans;welfare reform;president reagan;welfare programs;federal government;welfare dependency | |
WSJ870227-0149 | REVIEW & OUTLOOK (Editorial): Toward a Welfare Consensus | While there is agreement in virtually every quarter that something needs to be done about welfare, disagreement remains over exactly what to do. The White House has a formula for welfare reform, as do Sens. Moynihan and Kennedy. Now the nation's governors are asking Washington to adopt their plan. Meeting this week in... | welfare system;reform consensus;welfare recipients;welfare reform;president reagan;reform programs | |
WSJ870306-0171 | De Beers Diamond Syndicate Flourishes As Other Commodity Cartels Flounder --- By Neil Behrmann Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Confounding predictions of its demise four years ago during the worst diamond slump since the 1930s, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., the South African concern that controls 80% of the world's uncut-diamond market, is thriving. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is floundering, and the international ti... | diamond jewelry;south african concern;diamond trade;de beers campaign;diamond producers;uncut-diamond market;world diamond markets;promotion campaign;rough-diamond prices;world diamond production;de beers consolidated mines ltd. | |
WSJ870501-0141 | The Americas: Peruvian Rebels Supplant Army as Shield for Drug Producers --- By Tyler Bridges | In the late 1970s, poor farmers living in communities surrounding this small town began replacing their fields of cacao and coffee with coca to meet the growing U.S. demand for cocaine. Like thousands of other farmers in Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley, they discovered that while cacao and coffee could give their families... | peruvian anti-drug campaign;drug trafficking;guerrillas;coca farmers;anti-drug police;upper huallaga valley;emergency control;shining path;coca growers | |
WSJ870818-0002 | Northwest Jet That Crashed in Detroit Had Engine Problems in Prior Years --- A Wall Street Journal News Roundup | The Northwest Airlines jet that crashed Sunday in Detroit, killing at least 154 people, was involved in two incidents of engine failure in the past two years. According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the McDonnell Douglas Corp. MD-82 jet made emergency landings in 1985 and 1986 following the loss of power... | dangerous in-flight engine failures;federal crash inspectors;aviation safety issues;emergency landings;northwest airlines jet;crash victims;detroit;safety investigation;heavy load | |
WSJ870908-0047 | De Beers Plans to Raise Diamond Prices By 10% Next Month as Demand Surges --- By Neil Behrmann Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Flexing its muscles as a cartel, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is raising its diamond prices an average 10% next month. The South African concern, which controls 80% of the world diamond market through its London-based Central Selling Organization, sells a vast array of diamonds, varying in quality and size, dealer... | diamond prices;diamond price increase;south african concern;diamond jewelry market;diamond sales;london-based central selling organization;world diamond production;diamond dealers;world diamond market;de beers consolidated mines ltd. | |
WSJ871215-0109 | )HL REVIEW & OUTLOOK (Editorial): Welfare's Trojan Horse | How much more of an "investment" should American taxpayers make in the welfare system? This is the question the House of Representatives is scheduled to take up today when it votes on the Family Welfare Reform Act of 1987. The bill proposes $5.2 billion in new spending over five years, and most of that will increase be... | welfare system;house democrats;welfare recipients;welfare reform;american taxpayers;welfare programs;welfare benefits;investment;welfare dependency | |
WSJ871216-0037 | Bank of Boston's Loan Write-Off Plan Is Expected to Have Wide Repercussions --- By Peter Truell Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Bank of Boston Corp.'s decision to treat its Third World loans much more conservatively is expected to have significant domestic and international repercussions, bankers and analysts say. Domestically, the move reflects the competitive advantage that regional banks with large loan-loss reserves have over their big bro... | regional banks;boston corp;loan-loss reserves;developing countries;money-center banks;u.s. banks;third world loans | |
WSJ880617-0024 | White House Moves to Deal With Drought --- Farm Export Subsidy Curbs Are Mulled; Stock Prices Drop on Inflation Fears --- This article was prepared by Bruce Ingersoll in Washington And Scott Kilman and Alex Kotlowitz in Chicago | The Reagan administration moved to deal with the worsening drought, and a top trade official said that farm export subsidies may have to be curbed. Meanwhile, fears mounted that the fragile recovery of agriculture-related industries will be derailed by continuing lack of rain. Concern that the drought could fuel infl... | export enhancement program;export enhancement funds;drought-driven rally;drought damage;worsening drought;reagan administration;disaster relief;food prices;farm economy;farm export | |
WSJ880621-0079 | Under Fire: World Bank's Conable Runs Into Criticism On Poor Nations' Debt --- Liberals Assail His Refusal To Give Much Assistance; He Defends His Policies --- One Issue: His Ties to Baker | World Bank President Barber Conable was so well regarded during his 20-year career as a Republican congressman from New York that some journalists nicknamed him "H.R." -- for "highly respected." And to many on Capitol Hill, Mr. Conable still is. Rep. Tom Foley, a liberal Democrat from Washington State, calls him "a ve... | world bank president;third world debt problem;debt burden;third world debtors;debt crisis;third world debt;barber conable;criticism | |
WSJ880923-0163 | Back to Life: Yellowstone Park Begins Its Renewal --- Research Biologist Despain Roots Around in the Ash, Finds Reasons for Cheer | Wearing a bright yellow flame-retardant shirt, Donald Despain crouches down to study the ash-covered forest floor. The scorched hillside around him appears utterly lifeless. Almost everything in sight is black, from the tips of trees 40 feet above the ground to the powdered ash blanketing the earth. The firestorm that... | fire damage;ash-covered forest floor;rebirth;firestorm;scorched hillside;tiny seeds;worst fire | |
WSJ890828-0011 | Politics & Policy: @ Problems Loom for Census as Congress Debates @ Whether Illegal Immigrants Are U.S. 'Persons' @ ---- @ By David Wessel @ Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Though the forms for the 1990 census are already at the printers, Congress is contemplating adding a question: Are you an illegal immigrant? The Census Bureau, as it has in the past, is planning to count all residents of the nation regardless of legal status. But the Senate already has voted to force the Census Bureau... | congressional campaign;1990 census;congressional seats;illegal immigrants;census bureau;congressional reapportionment;illegal aliens | |
WSJ900418-0193 | REVIEW & OUTLOOK (Editorial): Lawmakers for Life | The root of the problems with Congress is that, barring major scandal, it is almost impossible to defeat an incumbent. In the past three elections, 96% or more of House incumbents who ran won. This lack of turnover has resulted in legislative arrogance, a dearth of new ideas and unaccountability. Congress just violated... | house incumbents;unfair campaign finance laws;unfair advantage;voluntary service limitation;legislative arrogance;constitutional amendment;congressional careerism;opinion polls;limit congressional terms;term limitation | |
WSJ900615-0131 | British Government Says It Won't Help Fund High-Speed Rail Link to `Chunnel' ---- By Barbara Toman Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Sarah Talbot-Williams, a spokeswoman for the Confederation of British Industry, Britain's main employers' group says, "1992 is going to produce a much more competitive market. "If we don't have the infrastructure to get the goods to Europe, we'll continue our status as an island." Long plagued by soaring costs and dril... | single market;added cost;channel tunnel;high-speed rail link;refusal;total benefits;cross-channel link;fast rail service | |
WSJ900705-0145 | LEISURE & ARTS: Mad Dogs and Frenchmen: `Chunnel' Politics ---- By Isabel Fonseca | Folkestone, England -- "We've been fighting the bastards since 1066" was the taxi driver's response to my faint-hearted suggestion that the Channel tunnel, one end of which we were making our way toward, signaled a new epoch in Anglo-French relations. Had he read my mind, or just the same edition of the Sun, which that... | full benefits;british industry;boring machines;tunnel treaty;dominant trading links;british rail;high-speed rail network;british terminal | |
WSJ900720-0113 | The Americas: The Shining Path Fights On in Peru ---- By Gustavo Gorriti | As Alberto Fujimori prepares to take over as Peru's next president on July 28, the question of whether the Shining Path will hound his administration as it has the previous two ranks high among his concerns. Among Shining Path watchers ("Senderlogos") there is strong disagreement on fundamentals: Is the Shining Path ge... | peru;alberto fujimori;president garcia;emergency laws;next president;shining path;armed forces;democratic legality | |
WSJ900914-0127 | Technology & Medicine: Rise in Hurricanes Off U.S. East Coast Is Forecast, Using Study of African Rain ---- By Michael Waldholz Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Based on the new findings, Mr. Gray predicted earlier this summer that the 1990 tropical storm season would be above average, and so far he seems to be right. In July he said there would be 11 storms severe enough to be named, of which six would be hurricanes. The National Hurricane Center said that as of yesterday the... | west african sahel region;coastal residents;hurricane patterns;atlantic hurricanes;weather researchers;national hurricane center;rainfall levels;global hurricane activity;tropical storm season;mr. gray | |
WSJ900918-0121 | Will the Earth Move On Dec. 3? Midwest Rattled by Prediction --- A Scientist Expects a Quake; Some Map Plans to Flee, And Entrepreneurs Profit ---- By Michael J. McCarthy Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | But even as Memphians whoop it up, the prediction that the Big One may come in December is triggering tremors up and down the Mississippi Valley. Shaken, thousands of people are crowding into earthquake survival classes. In Arnold, Mo., 3,000 people showed up for one course. In Missouri and Arkansas, some schools and b... | prediction methods;earthquake preparedness;quake insurance;earthquake expert;federal emergency help;new madrid fault;national earthquake prediction evaluation cuncil;earthquake survival classes | |
WSJ910107-0139 | Detective Story: Brains Turn to Sponge And Scientists Find Some Bizarre Clues --- Research on Deadly Disease May Bear On Alzheimer's And Theories of Life Itself --- An Outbreak in Pennsylvania ---- By David Stipp Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Thus began another chapter in one of medicine's most bizarre mysteries, a tale of sick sheep and mad cows, cannibals and Pennsylvanians, ancient life forms and a cat named Max. The plot revolves around a family of brain diseases, probably variations of a single disorder, called spongiform encephalopathy. It is infectio... | infection;mad cow disease;infected sheep;british cattle;sheep disease;cjd cases;cjd victims;altered protein | |
WSJ910208-0130 | Letters to the Editor: Forget Gun Control; It's Crime Control | -- More than 90% of police chiefs and sheriffs surveyed agree that criminals are not affected by a ban on any type of firearm, while more than 70% oppose "waiting periods" for the same reason. -- A prisoner survey conducted by James D. Wright et al. found that unarmed felons listed tougher penalties for using a gun as ... | violent crimes;gun-control laws;prisoner survey;brady bill;gun control;ban;criminals;protection;firearm | |
WSJ910304-0002 | TB Cases Increased 38% In New York City in 1990 | The health department said it is providing tuberculosis testing and treatment for the Human Resources Administration's program for the homeless, and will train staff members on tuberculosis prevention and control. The department also has an established residence for homeless tuberculosis patients, and is working with s... | tuberculosis prevention;health department;active tuberculosis disease;control;tuberculosis testing | |
WSJ910304-0005 | Crash of United Jetliner Kills 25 in Colorado ---- By Asra Q. Nomani and Laurie McGinley Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal | Local news reporters quoted witnesses as saying that the plane appeared to nosedive into the earth. The crash comes at a particularly sensitive time for the travel industry. Although it has always been difficult to measure the effect of crashes on travel, this accident comes just as people were starting to get over fea... | first high wind warning;travel industry;colorado springs;last major u.s. wind shear accident;united flight;third crash | |
WSJ910326-0090 | He Paints Still Lifes But John Kelley, 83, Is Still on the Move --- He Lives for Boston Marathon Which He'll Be in April 15, Running His 60th Race ---- By Joseph Pereira Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Mr. Kelley is in training for the Boston Marathon -- his 60th Boston Marathon. And even at the age of 83, he probably will finish ahead of a large number of the 13,000 runners expected to compete -- officially or unofficially -- on April 15. Bill Rodgers, a four-time Boston Marathon winner who plans to run again this y... | john kelley;training;two-time winner;runners;oldest competitor;60th boston marathon;mr. kelley | |
WSJ910405-0154 | Police Chiefs Must Denounce Gates ---- By Joseph D. McNamara | A police chief plays an essential role in setting the climate in which his department operates. Through the years Mr. Gates has made public statements clearly at odds with the new concept of community policing, in which officers work with citizens to improve neighborhoods and prevent crime. A few years ago Chief Gates ... | lapd brutality;excessive force;rodney king incident;los angeles;police brutality | |
WSJ910529-0003 | Marketing & Media: Elizabeth Taylor, Enquirer Settle Actress's Lawsuit | The lawsuit, which has been pending for nine months, arose out of two articles published by the Enquirer in June 1990 reporting on Miss Taylor's condition and activities at St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, Calif., where she was treated last spring for pneumonia. The Enquirer said that after gaining access to all of M... | st. john's hospital;lawsuit;enquirer;pneumonia;medical condition;actress;miss taylor | |
WSJ910607-0063 | Enterprise: Third-World Debt That Is Almost Always Paid in Full --- With a `Microloan,' Cameroonian Women Parlay a Rabbit Into Two Shops ---- By Brent Bowers Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Tiny Third World businesses commonly repay these "microloans" faithfully because they crave the security of a favorable credit rating. This rescues them from the clutches of loan sharks -- microloans typically charge the prevailing local commercial loan rate -- and lets them borrow again in hard times. The money helps ... | repayment performance;micro-enterprise lending;tiny third world businesses;favorable credit rating;microloans;poverty lending | |
WSJ910628-0109 | International: Yugoslav Army Cracks Down on Rebels --- Militias Are Outmatched By Belgrade's Forces; Clash at Austria Border ---- By Roger Thurow Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | JEZERSKO, Yugoslavia -- On Wednesday, the Slovene soldiers manning this border post raised a new flag to mark Slovenia's independence from Yugoslavia. Yesterday, under artillery fire from the federal army, they waved a white flag and surrendered as Yugoslavia lurched closer to civil war. Less than two days after Sloven... | slovene soldiers;federal soldiers;breakaway republics;civil war;independence declarations;yugoslavia;strong central control;independence grab;slovene militiamen;federal government;croatian independence | |
WSJ910702-0078 | Clarence Thomas on Law, Rights and Morality ---- By Dinesh D'Souza | What kind of justice would Clarence Thomas, President Bush's nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Thurgood Marshall, be? In a series of interviews with me a few weeks prior to his nomination, Mr. Thomas echoed themes that run through his articles and speeches over the past decade. -- "I don't believe in qu... | minorities;mr. Thomas;supreme court nominee;clarence thomas;columbia circuit;judge;judicial conservatism | |
WSJ910709-0115 | Clarence Thomas: To Be Young, Gifted and Black ---- By Peggy Noonan | But the lesson that should not be lost is the transcendent one: Clarence Thomas made it in America because he was loved. His mother loved him. And when she could no longer care for him she gave him to her parents to bring up, and they loved him too. And they cared enough to scrape together the money every year to put h... | thomas hearings;clarence thomas;conservative jurists;conservative black;triumph;affirmative action;judge thomas | |
WSJ910710-0123 | International: Slovenia Awakens to Price of Its Dream --- Secession Takes Unexpected Toll on Identity, Economy ---- By Roger Thurow Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal | Yesterday, with a tenuous peace settling over Slovenia, the exchange panicked. Slovenia bonds slumped. No one touched the stocks. The foreign exchange rights went begging. "There is a certain logic to this," says Drasko Veselinovic, the exchange's chief executive. "Slovenes are now beginning to see the costs of indepen... | slovenia bonds;post-independence plans;slovene risk;national identity;independence declarations;european community;yugoslavia;industrial output | |
WSJ910710-0148 | Politics & Policy: Report on Los Angeles Police Department Finds Racism, Suggests Changes, Gates's Resignation ---- By David J. Jefferson and Sonia L. Nazario Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal | While the commission stopped short of blaming Chief Gates for these problems, it said that no chief should serve more than two consecutive five-year terms, and that Mr. Gates, having served 13 years, should therefore turn in his badge following a transition period. But the chief, who has remained steadfast through repe... | excessive force;rodney king incident;brutality complaints;los angeles;racial bias;police brutality;lapd officers | |
WSJ910718-0143 | Letters to the Editor: Hamilton, Madison Opposed Term Limit | For that reason and others, the Constitutional Convention unanimously rejected term limits and the First Congress soundly defeated two subsequent term-limit proposals. Hamilton, who did not even support term limitations on the presidency, reasoned that imposing limits "would be a diminution of the inducements to good b... | constitutional convention;term limitations;natural rights;first congress;frequent re-elections;subsequent term-limit proposals;term limits | |
WSJ911030-0008 | Reform Congress By Limiting Committee Stints ---- By Albert R. Hunt | But as Mr. Hart summarized their findings, the discussion quickly centered on the dismay and disgust many voters feel about politics and government these days. The reaction in the room was one of "deep depression," according to one participant. Another described it as "combustible." The Hart-Bailey report found the pub... | congressional elections;house incumbents;special-interest lobbyists;washington politicians;average re-election margin;electoral system;average victory margin;term limits;limiting committee assignments |
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