The Other Defeat in The Gulf
Date: 27 July 1992
By John R. MacArthur
John MacArthur
For the Bush Administration, the anniversary of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait next Sunday will recall a triumphant chapter in U.S. history, when a tyrant's aggression was repelled and our country's tarnished military reputation was brilliantly restored.
To journalists, however, the occasion marks an ignominius defeat at the hands of our own Government. It should be commemorated in sackcloth as a reminder that censorship and Pentagon propaganda reduced the news media to a state of subservience not seen since the Draconian restrictions of World War I.
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Iraqi Press Does Not Mention Accord on Standoff
Date: 27 July 1992
By Paul Lewis
Paul Lewis
Iraq's Government-controlled radio and television carried no mention today of the agreement in New York apparently ending President Saddam Hussein's longest and most bitter standoff with the United Nations Security Council since the Persian Gulf war. Instead, the evening television news showed Mr. Hussein distributing medals to a few of his supporters and saying, "The mother of battles is not yet over." Demonstrations against the United Nations continued while newspapers vowed defiance and renewed Iraq's claim to Kuwait. This morning, protesters gathered again outside the hotels where United Nations arms inspectors and aid workers are staying, chanting insults, waving banners and carrying large portraits of Mr. Hussein.
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Fiction's Claim on Fact
Date: 27 July 1992
By Robert Stone
Robert Stone
To what degree may fiction writers make use of real life events reported in the press? Ought a novelist somehow credit the news story that underlies a work? In March, I published a novel called "Outerbridge Reach." One of the central characters is a participant in a round-the-world sailing race. As I affirmed before the book was published, the novel was partly based on 1968 press accounts about an Englishman named Donald Crowhurst who attempted to win The London Times's Golden Globe race by subterfuge.
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Pittsburgh Press Strike Nearing a Confrontation
Date: 26 July 1992
Earlier this month, civic leaders held a three-day symposium to mark the centennial of the 1892 Homestead Strike, the bloody battle that gave birth to this city's fierce tradition of unionism. No one planned on a re-enactment. Yet 100 years after Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick floated a barge of Pinkerton strike breakers down the Monongahela River, Pittsburgh is poised on the verge of another volatile labor confrontation.
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Hillary Clinton Unjustly Pilloried, Again
Date: 27 July 1992
To the Editor: I read "Beware the Cookie Monster" (Op-Ed, July 18) by Karen Lehrman with growing bewilderment. I believe Hillary Clinton has been pilloried by the news media, judged harshly whether viewed as a career woman or now as a housewife with an interest in cookies.
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When Skinflintery Is a Way of Life
Date: 26 July 1992
To the Editor: "Bidding the Wage Wars Goodbye" (At Work, July 5) was written for me. The article about Ron and Melodie Moore's venture into publishing Skinflint News could not have been appreciated more by any reader. It was not so much the intriguing new career the Moores have fashioned from their "career discontent" and from opportunity that attracted me as the underlying philosophy and sense that frugality is a way of life. There is indeed more to it than mere economizing or seeking bargains.
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 26 July 1992
International 3-15 BUSH WEIGHS OPTIONS ON IRAQ
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 27 July 1992
International A2-7 IRAQ YIELDS ON INSPECTIONS Iraq agreed to allow United Nations arms inspectors into a Government building in Baghdad, ending a 21-day standoff and removing the diplomatic thorn that had recently prompted the United States and its allies to consider military action. A1 BUSH SAYS HUSSEIN 'CAVED IN' President Bush said he was dissatisfied with Iraq's agreement to permit an arms search at a ministry. But he called the Iraqi President a "bully" who finally "caved in." A6 Iraqi television makes no mention of the accord with the U.N. A6 A report says Iraq has regained much of its ability to export oil. A7 SUBDUED, BAKER FLIES HOME James Baker headed home, ending what might be his last overseas trip as Secretary of State in the Bush Administration. He did not seem buoyed by reports that he will take over the President's campaign. A1 Few signals that Arabs are ready to compromise with Israel. A7 U.N. SEEKS AIRDROP IN BOSNIA After a dangerous and futile effort to deliver food by road to the besieged city of Gorazde, United Nations relief officials in Bosnia said they would ask Western nations to consider airdropping supplies. A3 FILES ON SOUTH AFRICAN TORTURE South Africa's most prominent independent pathologist accused the police of a pattern of torturing and killing prisoners. A5 ISLAM BUT NO ORDER IN KABUL Movie theaters have been shut and liquor has been banned in the Afghan capital, but the Muslim factions that took the city in April after a 14-year civil war have not succeeded in governing peaceably. A3 COWED BY THE SHINING PATH The terror in a Peruvian shantytown started July 15, when President Fujimori praised its self-defense patrol for standing up to guerrillas. A5 RULING PARTY WINS IN JAPAN Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party rebounded from its worst setback in postwar history, winning more than half the seats in a parliamentary election. A2 Sanabu Journal: Coptic Christians are victims of violence. A4 Mass grave reported found in Zimbabwe. A7 National A8-13 FETAL TISSUE PLAN IS FAULTED Memorandums by officials at the National Institutes of Health questioned whether the Bush Administration's proposed fetal tissue bank could provide enough tissue for most of the experiments scientists would like to do. A1 HIGH COST OF SOFTWARE THEFT People who would not steal a book or cheat on a test seem to have no qualms about obtaining software illegally, even though Federal law is clear that in almost all cases it is illegal to make copies of software. This thievery costs software companies billions of dollars. A1 YEAR OF THE CONFESSION This seems to be the year of the political confessional, at least for the Democrats, as Governor Clinton and Senator Gore bare their inner thoughts. A1 GOOD TIME FOR DEMOCRATS Reaping the rewards of the largest post-convention popularity surge on record, Democratic officials say July is quickly becoming the strongest month in this election season for raising money. A10 GORE'S BOOK SCRUTINIZED In the days since Senator Gore was nominated to be Governor Clinton's running mate, his recent book on the environment has come under a new wave of scrutiny. A11 Senator Gore was a student of TV's influence on elections. A11 Vice President Quayle took the G.O.P. campaign to the races. A10 WORKING WITH THE DISABLED Under the Americans With Disabilities Act, employers must now give the disabled the same opportunities as other workers, and many executives are concerned about costs. But a handful of companies that employ a lot of disabled workers have lessons to offer. A8 CONTENTIOUS RACE IN MAINE An heir of the founder of L.L. Bean, the company that is practically synonymous with Maine, is promoting her conservative philosophy in her campaign for Congress. A8 ATLANTA'S OLYMPIC TASK As millions watch the Olympics in Barcelona for the sheer pleasure of seeing great athletes in action, officials in Atlanta, the next site of the games, are looking for tips on everything from security to traffic. A13 URBAN ILLS IN A SMALL CITY Burlington, Vt., has drawn newcomers because it did not seem to have the ills of urban America. But now drug arrests and a murder have shattered the city's image. A13 An aide disputed a report that Ronald Reagan might be indicted. A8 A school board plans to punish students for antigay taunts. A12 Man with H. I. V. challenges U. S. Entry ban. A12 Metro Digest B1 PARKS WHERE PEOPLE ARE Urban parks like Gateway National Recreation Area in New York and New Jersey are among the National Park Service's most popular recreation spots. But the agency has never made such urban spaces a priority, and Federal financing is still distributed in disproportionate amounts to the far bigger, yet more remote, expanses in the West. A1 Business Digest D1 Arts/Entertainment C15-18 A deal between Disney and Merchant-Ivory. C15 A musical extravaganza at Expo '92. C15 Theater: Carried away clowning around. C15 Film: "Mom and Dad Save the World." C18 Music: "The Secret Marriage" at Glimmerglass Opera. C15 Word and Image: Trying to shock. B6 "Promise Not to Tell," a program on child abuse. B6 Neil Sheehan on Vietnam. C18 Sports C1-14 DIEBEL GETS FIRST U.S. GOLD Nelson Diebel became the first United States swimmer to win a gold medal in the 100-meter breast-stroke since the 1976 Olympics. The 21-year-old Diebel, capturing the first gold medal for the United States at Barcelona, set an Olympic record of 1 minute 1.50 seconds despite a sore shoulder. C1. SHEEHAN'S SURGE FORCES PLAYOFF After a long rain delay, Patty Sheehan birdied the last two holes at the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania to force an 18-hole playoff with Julie Inkster today for the United States Women's Open. C3. Olympics: Barkley's elbow fouls U.S. rout. C1 Strong Cuban start in baseball. C6 U. S. basketball team awaits Croatia. C6 Fu, at 13, leads divers. C6 TV Sports C6 2 Americans advance in boxing. C8 Last Olympics for Karolyi? C8 Stunning reverse for Zmeskal. C8 Even loss in ring is magical to Mandela. C8 Shock in Jersey over a death in Barcelona. C9 Thompson says she "choked." C9 Australian wins cycling gold. C11 Baseball: Mets blanked again by Padres. C5 Yanks end trip on losing note. C5 Another milestone for Ryan. C5 Braves' streak ended by Pirates. C5 Column: Anderson on death at opening cermony. C1 Cycling: Indurain wins Tour de France again. C3 Features: Sidelines C12 Question Box C14 Obituaries D8 Adm. Paul P. Blackburn Jr., Head of Seventh Fleet in Vietnam. Mary Wells, pop singer. Editorials/Op-Ed A16-17 Editorials Solving Europe's refugee crisis. How your tax dollars arm felons. Pickpocket parking. David Anderson: TV time bomb. Letters John R. MacArthur: The other defeat in the gulf. Laurence H. Tribe: Write Roe into law. Deborah Linfield: How do I tell my daughter? Robert Stone: Fiction's claim on fact.
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Today's TV Listings
Date: 27 July 1992
Television and radio news, listings and advertising appear today on pages B6-7.
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New York Post Owner Says Financial Aid Deal Is Near
Date: 27 July 1992
By Jonathan Rabinovitz
Jonathan Rabinovitz
Peter S. Kalikow, the owner of The New York Post and a big real estate developer, said yesterday that he was close to reaching a deal that would provide an initial investment of about $50 million to pull himself and his real estate holdings out of bankruptcy. He said that he expected to complete the deal in a few weeks and that it would be followed by a renewed bid for The Daily News. The investors, whom Mr. Kalikow did not identify, had agreed to provide financing for such an offer.
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