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Gorbachev asks for approval of economy reform program
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said yesterday that a plan for converting the Soviet Union to a market economy had been submitted by his party, and the parliament and the parliaments of the 15 republics.
Gorbachev, saying the entire country should be involved in this "difficult choice," for the first time was seeking nationwide approval — via the elected parliaments — of a policy that previously was determined by the Communist regime's central government.
In an interview with the evening television news program "Vremya," Gorbachev confirmed that the plan he endorsed and submitted to the national and republic parliaments was based on a radical proposal by economist Stanislav Shatalin.
After weeks of researching the opinions of David Soaster, the Senate confronts the Supreme Court nominee himself today to fill in a portrait that is little more than an outline.
Supreme Court nominee faces Senate Judiciary Committee
The confirmation process facing Souter is the legal definition of discovery "the disclosure or coming to light of what was previously known to Souter about Souter's life but his judicial philosophy."
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 13, 1990
On the eve of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, a host of special interest groups called news conferences to lay out what they know about Souter. Meanwhile, the nominee had lunch at the White House with President Bush and declined to take any questions.
President Bush threatens veto of law-enforcement legislation
President Bush yesterday threatened to veto a major anti-crime bill bearing action in the House unless lawmakers strengthen its death penalty features and major provisions designed
Bush records speech for broadcast in Iraq
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush videotaped a message yesterday telling the Iraqi people he has "no quarrel" with them and that they should be held accountable for their own government, a White House official said.
On the eight-minute tape, which will be broadcast unedited in Iraq, Bush says the U.S. military is in the Persian Gulf only to defend Saudi Arabia from Iran aggression.
"We want a peaceful resolution. We want peaceful coexistence with the people of Iraq." Bush says on the tape, according to White House spokesperson Martin Fitzwater.
The White House did not release a transcript, but Fitzwater gave an overview of Bush's comments.
The president's address was intended to create internal problems for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by emphasizing Iraq's isolation in the world community as a result of the invasion of Kuwait. Bush has said previously he would not be unhappy if the people of Iraq removed Saddam from power, and the address stressed that Iraqis are paying a heavy price for his actions.
The president consulted with Arab specialists and met twice with State Department and National Security Council officials to come up with the wording, Fitzwater said.
The Arab specialists were asked to look at the warding, "to make sure that the tone of it translates well."
"You can write a speech that sounds perfectly good to Western ears," but might not convey the meaning of your audience.
Fitzwater said the message was "a very candidat but personal description of our goals and our values".
"The president forthright and didn't stage anything, just gave a direct message," said Sig Rogich. Bush's assistant for media consultation who produced the tape for the president.
The Voice of America said it was doing the translating before the tape was handed over to 'The Voice of America'.
The White House media staff worked yesterday on adding Arab sibilants and audio translation to the tape before sending it to the Iraqi ambassador via Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburk.
Fitzwater said although there had been no direct contact between the two governments regarding the videotape, "we expect that Iraq will honor its invitation to allow this to be addressed to the Iraqi people, and we will ask them to provide us an air time within the next five days."
Fitwater said he anticipated broad international interest in Bush's message.
WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP
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have limited their contributions to the U.S. effort to stop Iraq's aggression.
You are invited to meet with women and form support groups based on your personal interests and concerns
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Legislators vote to require payment from U.S. allies
There will be two follow-up sessions:
Wednesday, October 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 29th at 7:00 p.m.
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Frustrated by the slow response of allies to the campaign against Iraq, the House adopted legislation yesterday to force imends of the United Nations.
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TVs, satellite dish part of art exhibit
By Jamie Elliott Kansan staff writer
The piece, "Saturn," completed this year by internationally known artist Jim Patterson. He artworks at other art works at the museum. It incorporates 26 eight-inch televisions, neon lights, and a satelite dish arranged to look like a planet.
The Nelson-Akins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., recently took a big step into the future, opening its first display of video art.
"It's different, and as much as someone might like looking at art in the traditional mediums, it makes them think differently about art and how they interact with it. Using something that's familiar to everybody. Everybody watches TV."
"it's been very popular," said Deborah Scott, curator of 20th century art for the museum. "People have been coming that didn't usually come. Their friends tell them 'You've got to see it.'"
The sculpture's 26 televisions are in set two rows of 13, forming a band resembling Saturn's rings. The televisions sit on a dish, behind which neon tubes glow. Colorful, computer-generated images stored on a video laser disk move quickly across the television creating flashes of activity and light.
Gina O'Neal, public information assistant, said the sculpture might not be what viewers expected
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"I'm sure that people, when they see it, are taken aback, "ONeal said. "It's an explosion of life and images like anything they've ever seen before."
Paik was involved with a group of avant-garde artists called Fluxus in the early '60s. The group worked to make art more accessible to its audience, and Scott said the sculptures created to involve the viewer.
"It really makes you think," she said. "A lay person's first reaction might be 'bow' It's interesting, an artist making a valid work of art, using the most modern technology, the latest art and progress are compatible."
Scott said that the size and diffi-
Kristina Ratlev of Osawatomic gazes at the Saturn exhibit.
"Paik is an artist with an international reputation whose work has
never been seen at the Nelson," she said.
"Saturn" will be on display at the Nelson until Sept. 30. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday. Admission to the museum is $1.
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