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ISSUE 1652Friday 3 December 1999 America back on top for skyscrapersBy Philip Delves Broughton in New York    World's Tallest Buildings - Jeff Herzer  AMERICA'S position at the top of the skyscraper league is set to be restored, with two tall buildings going up in New York and Chicago. Donald Trump's plans for the world's tallest purely residential building have been approved, clearing the way for his 856ft glass and bronze edifice that will tower over the United Nations building beside the East River in New York. In Chicago, 7 South Dearborn Street - a 2,000ft futuristic tower - ...

Steve Forbes is The Union Leader's choice in the Feb. 1, 2000, New Hampshire Presidential Primary. This is a promising but also a very challenging time for the United States. It demands steady, intelligent, conservative leadership. That leadership must be grounded in respect for free enterprise, wariness of big government, and an understanding of and ability to deal with the dangers that still threaten America. Just as important, it must be leadership that is God-fearing, respectful of innocent life, and determined to restore a sense of decency to the White House. Of the candidates with any hope of success, ...

Voter Reaction to GOP Debate The Associated Press Reaction from the New Hampshire citizens to Thursday's Republican presidential debate: ``I was leaning like everybody else toward George Bush, but I think now that I'll support John McCain. ... I personally don't feel that we should have to be the peacekeepers for the whole world. I don't think Bush has a lot of knowledge about foreign affairs and that bothers me. I think John McCain does.'' - Gay Knox, 56, retired teacher, Wolfeboro, N.H. ``Coming into the debate, I didn't like George Bush, but I felt like he did a very ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Puerto Rico has won at least a temporary victory in its fight to stop the Navy from resuming use of its bombing range on the island of Vieques, Clinton administration officials said Thursday. The aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower and its battle group, including a contingent of Marines aboard Navy ships, will complete training off the southeastern U.S. coast instead of using Vieques, the officials said. The Marines will conduct an amphibious assault on the North Carolina coast and Navy strike aircraft will conduct air-to-ground bombing runs at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla, the officials said, speaking on ...

New N.H. polls finds McCain advancing By Walter V. Robinson, Globe Staff, 12/02/99 George W. Bush retains a respectable lead among likely Republican presidential primary voters in New Hampshire, according to a new Boston Globe/WBZ-TV poll, but John McCain has gained considerable ground with an electorate that is not fully satisfied that Bush has the depth to be president. At a GOP debate tonight in Manchester - the first joint appearance that Bush has agreed to - the six Republican presidential candidates will be given equal time. But the poll shows that likely primary voters have turned the contest into ...

SEATTLE - Eugene got a new international reputation this week during the World Trade Organization meetings: producer and exporter of window-smashing, spray-painting, black-hooded thugs. In a front-page report Wednesday, The Seattle Times declared: "Eugene's anarchists were major players in the violence." Many reports about property destruction during Tuesday's melee mentioned not only anarchists but "Eugene anarchists." (The Seattle Times story mentioning the Eugene anarchists is available online at http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/anar_19991201.html, and the Seattle Times home page for WTO coverage is online at http://www.seattletimes.com/wto/.) The violence left committed Eugene activists worried about their responsibility for the mess and angry that the glass-smashing ...

The New Australian The '68 boom and all that By Gerard Jackson No. 143, 29 Nov. - 5 Dec. 1999 First the good news. That some commentators have compared the economic similarities of the '60s with those of the '90s is a welcome attempt to use history as a means to inject some substance into the present economic debate. The bad news is that these commentators got it wrong. And once again I blame Keynesianism for their errors. They point out that more Americans than ever held stocks in '68; that the worst value stocks seemed to be the best-performing ...

WorldNetDaily Save the Panama Canal I don't do this very often. I don't like to tell people what to do. I prefer to lay out my case and hope the American people are smart enough to do the right thing. But, sometimes, our country stands on a precipice -- on a public policy abyss -- and it's important to shout to everyone within earshot about the danger ahead. Today is one of those days. The United States is on the verge of making a fateful decision -- one that can have profound security and economic ramifications for the country in ...

GOP Candidates Tangle in Debate: Bush Joins Rivals in First Forum ABCNEWS.com M A N C H E S T E R, N.H., Dec. 2 — The other GOP presidential candidates wasted no time in poking George W. Bush tonight in his first debate appearance, but in 90 minutes of trading barbs they failed to rattle the Texas governor. The candidates shook hands and joked with one another before the debate, posing for cameras in a circle with their hands clasped. But it wasn’t long before they started taking shots at one another. Conservative dark horse Gary Bauer called on ...

WASHINGTON,DC - On Tuesday, Congress approved the Americans With No Abilities Act, sweeping new legislation that provides benefits and protection for more than 135 million talentless Americans.The act,signed into law by President Clinton shortly after its passage, is being hailed as a major victory for the millions upon millions of U.S. citizens who lack any real skills or uses. "Roughly 50 percent of Americans - through no fault of their own - do not possess the talent necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said Clinton, a longtime ANA supporter. "Their lives are futile hamster-wheel existences ...

BUSH OFFICIAL FURIOUS AT POLL THAT SHOWS KEYES WINNER OF DEBATE!

BUSH OFFICIAL FURIOUS AT POLL THAT SHOWS KEYES WINNER OF DEBATE!

Conservative Paper Endorses Forbes The Associated Press Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999; 9:55 p.m. EST MANCHESTER, N.H. –– The Union Leader newspaper endorsed Steve Forbes in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, saying he may not be charismatic, but he's no phony. In an editorial to be published Friday, Publisher Joseph McQuaid said Forbes is the only candidate who displays "steady, intelligent, conservative leadership" who is "God-fearing, respectful of innocent life, and determined to restore a sense of decency to the White House." By contrast, the paper said Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain "seem much ...

A very moving moment to see THE GREATEST accept the recognition.

Nothing follows yet, but Alan definitely made some heavy hits against the frontrunners. Matt is probably talking about the vote.com poll, but I can't be sure of that.

Poll Tracks Voter Apathy By ROBIN ESTRIN The Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Americans' interest in New Hampshire's presidential primary has waned in recent weeks, though news coverage has remained heavy, according to poll information released Thursday by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The poll showed that 20 percent of those questioned claimed to be paying close attention to the campaign in early November. During the past two weeks, less than 15 percent said they were paying ``a great deal'' or ``quite a bit'' of attention to it. Those saying they paid no attention grew from 31 percent to more ...

Bush Was Ready for Forbes in Debate By CALVIN WOODWARD The Associated Press WASHINGTON (Dec. 3) - When Steve Forbes attacked Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the Republican debate Thursday night for saying he would consider raising the retirement age for Social Security, Bush was ready with a reality check. The novice but carefully prepared presidential debater shot back with a quotation indicating Forbes himself was once enthusiastic about the idea. It was one of several battles over truthfulness during the first GOP presidential debate to include Bush. For the most part, the candidates avoided obvious false statements during ...

Bush Draws GOP Rivals' Fire in Debate By WALTER R. MEARS The Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (Dec. 2) - In his debate debut, Gov. George W. Bush drew fire Thursday night from his pursuers for the Republican presidential nomination, challenged on Social Security, abortion and tax cuts. The front-runner stressed his record as governor of Texas, and said, ''I'm a uniter, not a divider.'' Bush also returned criticism at one point, claiming that rival Steve Forbes had once proposed raising the age of eligibility for Social Security. Strikingly, Bush and his closest challenger, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, treated one ...

I just got back from the Convention Center in Philadelphia, where the Philly chapter of FreeRepublic protested a fundraising appearance by Bill Clinton for Ed Rendell. Eight Freepers were in attendance, which is a little better than usual. Dirtboy, Phillyfilly, Kuipomaui, Doctor Raoul, AGreatPer, TAdams8591 and a lurker (and frequent protester) named August were in attendance, along with me. We had a pretty good spot. Of course we weren't allowed a glimpse of the Traitor-in-Chief; we didn't even know when he arrived or left. We were directly across the street from the main entrance to the Convention Center, though, and ...

One last reminder that a group of us will get together this Saturday, December 4 in Columbia. Festivities will begin at noon at the Pizza Hut on Broad River Road. A couple of us will arrive around 11:30.Sorry I don't know the exit number, but it's two exits east of where I-20 and I-26 intersect. From I-20, get off the Broad River Road exit and go east about 1/2 mile. Pizza Hut will be on your right. We will finish up in time to get downtown for the Strom Thurmond monument dediation at the capitol building at 3:00 for those ...