The rising force on the right: Jesse Helms flexes his conservative muscle
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Helms, 75, is serving his fifth term as a US Senator from North Carolina, and his power seems to be increasing rather than waning. He chairs the influential Foreign Relations Committee and recently blocked Senate approval of Pres Clinton's nominee for Mexican ambassador William Weld.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1997
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A killer or 'a patsy?'(James Earl Ray, confessed assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., seeks trial)
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A bid to win a trial for James Earl Ray in the Martin Luther King Jr assassination is making its way through a Tennessee court under the direction of lawyer William Pepper. King's family is supporting a trial for Ray, who confessed to the assassination in 1968.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1997
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John Major's surprise
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British Prime Minister led his Conservative Party to a fourth consecutive victory after polls showed the Tories in danger of losing. Experts has predicted a close race between Major and Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1992
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