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Over the Iasi year, in- creasing tension has occurcd in the West Bank and Ga .a Strip be- tween Isreal and the Palestinian people living there. The Pales- tinian people have been uprising in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. In retaliation, the Isreali government has been continuing a military crackdown on the Palestinian people. Origi- nally, Isreali troops responded to rock throwing with bullets. Since then, Isreali troops have increased their attacks on the Palestinians, including many brutal beatings. The government of Isreal has come under fire for the way it has handled the situ- ation. Day after day, many Pales- tinian people are reported dead after confrontations with Isreali troops. The uprisings continue, however, and a solution docs not seem near. George Shultz, Secre- tary of State of the United States, went to Isreal to offer a peace plan, but it appeared as though both sides would reject the offer. It is clear that both sides will need to compromise on some issues before peace can be maintained. One of the biggest controversies of the past year was over Judge Robert Bork and his nomination to be a Supreme Court justice. A Senate select committee recommended that Bork’s nomi- nation be denied. When the vote went to the full Senate, Bork fell short and his nomination was denied. Opponents of Bork felt that he was too conservative, and certain special interest groups felt that Judge Bork was both a racist and a sexist. He was considered by many, however, as the most qualified man for the job. His quali- fications spoke for themselves, but members of the Senate thought more of his political beliefs than his judiciary ones. After the elimination of Judge Bork, President Reagan named Douglas Ginsburg as his next nominee. Judge Ginsburg was forced to end his nomination attempts after discrepancies arose about his past. The third nomination went to Judge Anthony Kennedy. Judge Kennedy’s nomination was passed easily through the Senate, and he became the next Supreme Court justice. In February 1988, there was a very heated interview on the CBS Evening news between Vice President Bush and anchorman Dan Rather. Rather, like many other members of the news media, has often been blamed for being liberally biased in his newscasting. After this incident with George Bush, many of those allegations about Dan Rather returned. The interview was scheduled for Dan Rather to discuss Bush’s aspirations to be the next President of the United States. Bush expected to be interviewed on the issues con- cerned in the primary elections; however, his expectations were wrong. Dan Rather asked questions continuously on the Iran- Contra scandal, and not on the actual issues involved. Rather interrogated Bush question after question on “Iranscam , and in return Bush fought back. Bush attacked Rather, and in the process ended his “wimp image. Most people watching the heated ex- change fell that George Bush came out ahead in the end. NEWS
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MAKING THE NEWS Senator Joseph Biden abandoned his quest for the Democratic presidential nomina- tion in 1987 after many contro- versies in his campaign. Biden got himself into trouble twice in the same week after plagiarizing a speech and lying about his past. While giving a speech for a group of supporters, Joseph Biden cop- ied almost identically a speech given by British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock only a few days before. This act of plagia- rism hurt his campaign terribly. The final blow, however, was given a few days later. Senator Biden was giving a speech and talking of his past, and in the process he got carried away. Biden was telling of his time in law school and stated that he graduated in the top-quarter of hisclass. In actuality, he finished in the bottom quarter of his class. With these two blows to his credi- bility, the Democratic Senator had no choice but to drop out of the race. Ivan Bocsky was sen- tenced in October to three years in a minimum security prison after violating the Security and Exchange Commission’s insider- trading laws. The sentence was light, but that was due to the fact that he helped to turn other vio- lators in to the Security and Ex- change Commission. Bocsky paid a record 100 million dollars in fines and penalties for his ac- tions. Although he paid heavy fines, Bocsky will leave prison three years from now with mil- lions of dollars. No one is sure how much Bocsky really made, but most estimates arc at well over 300 million dollars. On October 19, 1987, the New York Stock Exchange crashed and the Dow Jones index fell over 500 points. The Bull Market which had been going on for over five years appeared to be over, and some ana- lysts felt that a bear market would begin in the aftermath of the crash. The crash scared most in- vestors, and it caused many to lose a great deal of money. Shortly after the crash, trading stabilized slightly. Somedays the Dow Jones index would gain greatly, and somedays it would lose greatly. Since the crash and the post-crash era, the market has stabilized, and the Dow Jones index has once arain gone over the 2000 mark. Over the last year, Gary Hart left and then reentered the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Hart eventually abandoned his campaign after much public exploitation of his relations with Donna Rice. After he left the campaign trail due to scandals in his personal life, Hart surprisingly rejoined the race. This announcement was unexpected by almost everyone. His move, however, brought a great deal of criticism from the members of the Democratic parly. Hart’s announcement means very little though, due to the fact that he finished near last in the first two national primaries. It would be a miracle if Hart were to get the nomination now.
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