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Why Bush Failed

Date: 05 November 1992

By Peggy Noonan

Peggy Noonan

Having rebuffed a fine man whose Presidency failed, about half the country, I suspect, will have the rueful blues this weekend. George Bush was our last President from the great generation that held fast through a bitter depression and fought gallantly in war for a country they never doubted for a second deserved their love. Their stewardship, begun when John F. Kennedy brought the junior officers of World War II to power (Theodore White's phrase), somehow deserves better than this sodden end.

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INSIDE

Date: 04 November 1992

Abortion Curb Is Voided A Federal appeals court invalidated the Administration's ban on abortion counseling at Government-financed family planning clinics. Page A29. Report on Women in Combat A Presidential panel said women should be allowed to serve on most warships but be barred from combat flights and ground fighting. Page A24.

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Networks Broadcast Sly Hints As They Await Voting's End

Date: 04 November 1992

By Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert

By 9:15 P.M., the television networks had each given Bill Clinton 238 electoral votes, just 32 fewer than he needed to be the sure winner. CBS cut away to Little Rock, where Richard Threlkeld was reporting from in front of a huge, celebratory crowd. Then the network cut back to New York, where Dan Rather was urging viewers in states where the polls were still open to get out and vote. "We do not yet know who the President is going to be," he assured them. Really, Dan? We Know, and You Shouldn't Watching the network coverage of the election returns last night was like watching one long episode of "I've Got a Secret." From the time the coverage began at 7 P.M. it was clear from the clues they were giving out that the network anchors and reporters had already concluded that Mr. Clinton would be elected President. But because of the way the game is played, they couldn't tell the public that -- at least not in so many words.

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Car of Choice For Sarajevo? It's Armored

Date: 05 November 1992

By Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis

"The Mad Max is coming," a French soldier in a dark green flak jacket whispered to his companion. They stiffened to attention as a jaunty little white armored car pulled up in front of the shell-pocked building that houses what remains of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Air vents swept back on each side like reptile fins gave the two-seat Panhard scout car a rakish, daredevil look that reminds the French peacekeepers here of the Australian desperadoes and their weird vehicles in the "Mad Max" film series.

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Clinton, Savoring Victory, Starts Sizing Up Job Ahead

Date: 05 November 1992

By R. W. Apple Jr

R. Apple

After an election whose results rang with a cry for change but offered no specific mandate, President-elect Bill Clinton set to work shaping his new Administration yesterday, huddling with his transition team, issuing a scarcely veiled warning to Iraq and promising that over the next six months, he would "focus like a laser beam on this economy." The 46-year-old Mr. Clinton committed his Administration not only to ending the lingering recession, but also to lifting the nation to a higher level of economic productivity for years to come.

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Kidder Hires Economist

Date: 05 November 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Kidder, Peabody & Company said yesterday that it had named Arturo Porzecanski its chief emerging markets economist. Kidder, a unit of the General Electric Company, hired Mr. Porzecanski from the Republic National Bank of New York, where he was chief economist.

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WESTINGHOUSE AWARDED $94 MILLION CONTRACT

Date: 05 November 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

The Westinghouse Electric Corporation said yesterday that it had been awarded a $94 million contract by a Mission Energy Company unit to build a co-generation plant in Florida. The plant, which is expected to begin operating inthe Auburndale, Fla., area between Orlando and Tampa in the summer of 1994, will supply power to the Florida Power Corporation, a utility subsidiary of the Florida Progress Corporation, and steam to local industries.

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GENERAL MILLS AND NABISCO END AGREEMENT

Date: 04 November 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

General Mills Inc. and Nabisco Inc., citing expected regulatory delays, ended an agreement calling for General Mills to purchase Nabisco's cold-cereal business for $450 million.

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ALEXANDER'S SALE OF WORLD TRADE CENTER LEASE

Date: 05 November 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Alexander's Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its lease at the World Trade Center mall to the retailer Daffy Dan's for up to $6 million, an Alexander's lawyer told Federal Bankruptcy Judge Cornelius Blackshear yesterday. The store, the largest tenant there, is now closed. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the mall, had been pressing Alexander's to decide whether it wanted to assume or reject its lease. On Tuesday, the Caldor Corporation, a discount retailer, bid $92 million for six Alexander's properties, topping the $82 million that Bradlees Inc. had offered.

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AIR PRODUCTS BUYS CONTROL OF CZECHOSLOVAK COMPANY

Date: 04 November 1992

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Air Products and Chemicals Inc., an Allentown, Pa., supplier of industrial gasses and specialty chemicals, said one of its units had purchased a controlling interest in Ferox, a Czechoslovak maker of cryogenic plants and equipment and other engineering products. The move is part of Air Products' strategy to operate in Central European markets. Ferox has annual sales of about $20 million and about 1,300 employees, according to Air Products. Last year, the two companies formed a joint venture to serve the Czechoslovak industrial gas market.

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