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dark hints would be raised that parts of the administration hope mr. gorbachev would fail just as they were when vice president quayle voiced similar <unk> |
it 's somehow ok for secretary baker himself however to say all the same things |
in fact he did the quotes above are from mr. baker 's speech of two weeks ago |
so far as we can see there is no disagreement among mr. baker mr. quayle the mr. gates we 've read or for that matter president bush |
they all understand point one nothing the u.s. can do will make much difference in whether mr. gorbachev succeeds with perestroika |
perhaps mr. gates would <unk> more than mr. baker the many hurdles the soviet leader must leap if he is going to succeed |
but everyone agrees that mr. gorbachev 's problems result from the failure of his own system |
they can be relieved only by changing that system not by pouring western money into it |
gatt membership will not matter to <unk> coal miners short of soap nor will a start treaty make any difference to <unk> <unk> |
on the other hand so long as mr. gorbachev is easing his grip on his empire everyone we 've heard agrees that the u.s. can benefit by engaging him |
if a deal can be made to cut the world 's <unk> loose from moscow why not |
we do n't expect much good from <unk> control but <unk> talks might <unk> eastern europe |
there 's nothing in the least <unk> in all this and it would be nice to think that washington could <unk> a reasonably sophisticated complex view |
yet much of the political culture seems intent on <unk> the bush administration for not helping mr. gorbachev |
so every time a bush official raises a doubt about mr. gorbachev the washington community <unk> cold war and <unk> and an administration spokesman is quickly <unk> out to <unk> mr. bush wants perestroika to succeed |
mr. baker seems especially sensitive to the washington <unk> known as <unk> |
its symptoms include a cold sweat at the sound of debate <unk> hands in the face of congressional criticism and <unk> <unk> when someone writes the word controversy |
as one unidentified official clearly in the late stages of the disease told the times baker just felt that there were some lines in the speech that could be <unk> and seized by the press |
in short the problem is not <unk> disagreement but <unk> with the prospect that <unk> might fail and its political opponents will ask who lost gorbachev |
mr. baker may want to avoid criticism from senate majority leader george mitchell but as secretary of state his audience is the entire free world not just congress |
in any case he 's likely to find that the more he <unk> his colleagues the more leaks will pop up all around washington a lesson once learned by henry <unk> |
letting officials express their own <unk> can be educational |
we note that in rome yesterday defense secretary cheney said that european euphoria over mr. gorbachev is starting to be <unk> by a recognition of the magnitude of the problems he was trying to deal with |
it is in the western interest to see mr. gorbachev succeed |
the odds are against him as he himself would no doubt tell you |
the ultimate outcome depends on what he does not on what we do |
even if the press is ready to seize and <unk> these are not very complicated thoughts |
surely there is someone in the administration maybe bob gates who could explain them to college students or even <unk> |
<unk> e. jordan was elected to the board of this transportation services concern |
mr. jordan has served as executive director of the united <unk> college fund director of the voter education project of the southern regional council and <unk> to the u.s. office of economic opportunity |
his election increases ryder 's board to N members |
the american stock exchange said a seat was sold for $ N down $ N from the previous sale last friday |
seats are currently quoted at $ N bid and $ N asked |
two <unk> entered a maryland restaurant ordered two employees to lie on the floor and shot them in the backs of their heads |
the <unk> fled with less than $ N |
describing this and other <unk> killings sen. <unk> thurmond r. s.c recently urged fellow lawmakers to revive a broad federal death penalty |
the ultimate punishment he declared will protect the <unk> from the vicious <unk> individuals who commit these crimes |
there 's just one problem the law that sen. thurmond is pushing would be irrelevant in the case of the maryland restaurant <unk> and almost all other killings |
most <unk> are state crimes so any federal <unk> law probably would turn out to be more <unk> than substance |
yet the bill is riding high on the furor over drug trafficking |
senate republicans after repeatedly failing to <unk> <unk> amendments to unrelated legislation have finally gotten a <unk> <unk> bill through committee |
the democratic leadership agreed to allow a floor vote on the issue before the end of the year a debate certain to focus on the alleged racial <unk> of death sentencing |
even some democrats concede that there is probably a majority in the senate that favors some kind of broad <unk> measure |
the pending bill introduced by mr. thurmond would revive the <unk> federal <unk> laws by <unk> legal procedures required by the supreme court |
in N the high court <unk> aside all <unk> laws federal and state alike as unconstitutional |
but in N the court permitted <unk> of such laws if they meet certain procedural requirements |
for instance <unk> would have to consider specific <unk> and <unk> factors before deciding whether to condemn someone to death |
since that N ruling N states have <unk> the death penalty |
but congressional democrats have blocked the same from <unk> at the federal level with the exception of a N law allowing capital punishment for certain drug-related <unk> |
the thurmond bill would establish a federally <unk> death sentence for N crimes most of which were formerly punishable by death under federal statutes that the supreme court <unk> |
among these crimes are murder on federal land presidential assassination and <unk> |
the thurmond bill would also add five new crimes punishable by death including murder for hire |
separately the senate last week passed a bill permitting execution of <unk> who kill americans abroad |
amid the <unk> of punitive rhetoric surrounding the issue one critical question involves whether a federal death penalty on top of existing state laws would deter any would-be criminals |
for one thing it 's unlikely that many people would receive federal death sentences let alone be executed |
most of the crimes incorporated in the thurmond bill are <unk> rare killing a supreme court justice for instance or deliberately causing a train <unk> that results in a death |
in fact only N defendants would have been eligible for federal death sentences if the thurmond bill had been in effect in the past three years according to a study by the senate judiciary committee 's democratic staff |
the last federal execution before the supreme court 's N ruling banning the death penalty took place in N meaning that the federal government did n't exercise its execution authority for eight years |
in that sense the whole debate is sort of a fraud argues a democratic senate staff member |
it 's <unk> attention from serious issues like how to make <unk> fbi and customs work together on drug enforcement |
republicans acknowledge that few people would be executed under the thurmond bill but they contend that is n't the point |
many scholars are of the opinion that the mere existence of the penalty <unk> many people from the commission of capital crimes says sen. <unk> hatch r. utah |
executions regardless of how frequently they occur are also proper <unk> for <unk> crimes mr. hatch argues |
thomas boyd a senior justice department official says the new federal drug-related crimes punishable by death since last november may result in a jump in capital sentences though that has n't happened so far |
in addition to <unk> the old issue of whether death sentences deter criminals this bill has made race a major part of the <unk> debate |
before the bill left committee sen. edward kennedy d. mass attached an amendment that would allow a defendant to escape from a death sentence in <unk> shown to have <unk> out executions in a <unk> manner |
the amendment prompted an ironic protest from mr. thurmond who complained that it would kill capital punishment |
a large number of studies suggest that state judges and <unk> have imposed the penalty in a <unk> <unk> fashion |
and the kennedy amendment would <unk> not only federal but state <unk> in two important ways |
it would allow all defendants to introduce statistical evidence showing <unk> disproportionate application of the death penalty in the past |
and it would shift the burden to prosecutors to <unk> that discrimination caused any statistical racial <unk> |
that burden is very difficult if not impossible to meet says mr. boyd |
how do you prove a negative |
since most prosecutors would n't be able to demonstrate <unk> that racial considerations did n't affect sentencing executions everywhere might come to a halt mr. boyd explains |
at least N major studies <unk> to show that particular states have imposed the death penalty <unk> against <unk> of whites compared with blacks and against black defendants compared with white defendants |
conservatives question the <unk> of the studies and note that the supreme court ruled in N that such research regardless of its <unk> is n't relevant to a constitutional attack on a particular death sentence |
the kennedy amendment would in effect <unk> around the supreme court ruling |
lawyers would <unk> seize on the provision in their <unk> appeals says richard <unk> director of the <unk> legal defense and educational fund 's <unk> defense team |
mr. kennedy failed to get his amendment incorporated into last year 's anti-drug legislation and it will be severely attacked on the senate floor this time around |
but if it <unk> it could prompt other statutory changes according to the mr. <unk> |
it might force congress and the states to narrow the death penalty only to convictions shown to be relatively free of racial <unk> <unk> by repeat offenders who <unk> their victims perhaps |
narrowing the penalty in this fashion would clearly reduce whatever <unk> effect it now has |
and that in turn would only strengthen the argument of those who oppose execution under any circumstances |
a state judge postponed a decision on a move by holders of telerate inc. to block the tender offer of dow jones & co. for the N N of telerate it does n't already own |
vice chancellor maurice a. <unk> iii of delaware 's court of chancery heard arguments for more than two hours here but he made no comment and asked no questions |
he could rule as early as today on the motion seeking a temporary injunction against the dow jones offer |
dow jones has offered to pay $ N a share or about $ N million for the remaining telerate stake |
the offer will expire at N p.m. est on nov. N unless extended again |
robert <unk> an attorney for the telerate holders told judge <unk> the dow jones offer is arrogant and hostile |
he accused dow jones of using unfair means to obtain the stock at an unfair price |
michael <unk> an attorney for dow jones defended the offer as adequate based on what the company considers realistic projections of telerate 's revenue growth in the range of N N |
he also contended that the plaintiffs failed to cite any legal authority that would justify such an injunction |
telerate provides information about financial markets through an electronic network |
dow jones publishes the wall street journal barron 's magazine other <unk> and community newspapers and operates electronic business information services |
japan 's exports of cars trucks and buses declined N N to N units in september from a year earlier the japan automobile manufacturers association said |
the association attributed the drop to a trend among auto makers to move manufacturing operations overseas |
with the exception of august when exports rose N N exports have declined every month from year-earlier levels since march |
lone star technologies inc. said its lone star steel co. unit sued it in federal court here seeking to recover an <unk> <unk> valued at a minimum of $ N million |
the lawsuit was filed by lone star steel 's unsecured creditors ' committee on behalf of lone star steel which has been operating under chapter N of the federal bankruptcy code since june N |
lone star technologies said it and its subsidiary 's creditors agree that the parent company owes the unit money but they have n't been able to reach agreement on the amount |
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