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Observer; . . . And Go to Sleep

Date: 01 February 1992

By Russell Baker

Russell Baker

The tipoff came when the Bush people said the speech would be a "defining moment." That was what they had called the gulf war this time last year -- a "defining moment" -- and now they were recycling it to ballyhoo a speech. They didn't even have any new phrases, for Pete's sake. How could they possibly have a new idea? Applying "defining moment" to that perennial brain-glazer, the State of the Union speech, should have told us how things stood: to wit, that this outfit is so sure it's home safe for another four years that it doesn't even feel the need for fresh bluster, much less a fresh thought.

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Corrections

Date: 01 February 1992

Because of an editing error, an article yesterday about news coverage of the Presidential campaign referred incorrectly in some copies to the telephone response to the CBS program "America on the Line," televised on Tuesday night after the President's State of the Union Message. Only about 1 out of every 100 callers was able to get through.

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NEWS SUMMARY

Date: 02 February 1992

International 3-15 BUSH AND YELTSIN UNITE

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Good News, Bad Team

Date: 02 February 1992

He led his team in hits, runs and games played and was second in batting, home runs and runs batted in among the regulars. Indeed, if his team were, say, the Minnesota Twins or even the Toronto Blue Jays, second baseman CARLOS BAERGA might find himself being toasted during the off season as a future Hall of Famer. Alas, he plays for the Cleveland Indians, so Baerga, who hit .288 with 11 home runs and 69 runs batted in, has had to settle for being named the best player on the worst team in the major leagues.

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COMPANY BRIEFS

Date: 01 February 1992

* Alpine Group Inc., Hackensack, N.J., a machine parts concern, agreed to acquire all the outstanding stock of Dataproducts New England Inc., a telecommunications and aerospace electronics company. * Columbia Gas Systems Inc., Wilmington, Del., said Arthur Andersen, the auditing firm, had said Columbia's 1991 financial statements would include a comment that "substantial doubt" existed about Columbia's ability to continue as a going concern.

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State of the Children

Date: 02 February 1992

A phrase that used to appear on report cards applies aptly to President Bush on issues affecting children: "does not live up to potential." Mr. Bush has pushed way ahead of his predecessor -- but he's not yet leading the parade. Consider last week's State of the Union speech. As he did last year, Mr. Bush rightly asked for a sizable increase in funding for childhood immunization programs. He also asked for a big boost in the nutrition program called WIC (for Women, Infants and Children). That's still not enough to enroll every eligible child, but at least WIC can now cover all eligible pregnant women and infants.

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Classical Music in Review

Date: 01 February 1992

By Allan Kozin

Allan Kozin

New York Philharmonic Avery Fisher Hall

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Harkin's Presidential Candidacy Is Endorsed by Rangel and Farrell

Date: 02 February 1992

By Dennis Hevesi

Dennis Hevesi

The Presidential candidacy of Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa was endorsed yesterday by Representative Charles B. Rangel and Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell Jr., the chairman of the Manhattan Democratic organization. At a news conference outside the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building in Harlem, Mr. Rangel said Senator Harkin is the only candidate with "a clear vision for ending the economic misery that has resulted from 12 years of Reaganomics."

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Valerie Bragg, Nurse, to Wed

Date: 02 February 1992

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bragg of Braintree, Mass., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Valerie Jeanne Bragg, to Gary Michael Byrne, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Byrne of Swampscott, Mass. A September wedding is planned. Ms. Bragg, 31 years old, is a nurse at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She graduated from Curry College. Her father is a draftsman for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in Boston. Her mother, Jeanne Bragg, is a genealogical researcher in Braintree.

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Joshua Kuvin to Wed Ms. Karetnick

Date: 02 February 1992

Naomi and Barry H. Karetnick of Livingston, N.J., have announced the engagement of their daughter Betsy Alisa Karetnick to Joshua Saxe Kuvin, the son of Dr. Seymour Kuvin of West Orange, N.J., and the late Judy Saxe Kuvin. A September wedding is planned. Ms. Karetnick, 25 years old, is a television production associate for the Wall Street Journal Report in New York. She graduated from Trinity College in Hartford. Her father is a senior vice president of Oppenheimer & Company, the Wall Street investment house. Her mother is a counselor at Middlesex County College in Edison, N.J.

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