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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Brit Hume) New shift in posture by President Bush on the issue of the economy featured. [BUSH - says the economy must be straightened out.] ABC News/"Washington Post" poll figures on the economy and Bush approval rating outlined. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater quoted about the recession. [On November 8, BUSH - says we are not in a recession.] [In satellite talk with local stations, BUSH - talks about unemployment.] Possibility of a bipartisan deal between the White House and Congress to stimulate the economy outlined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Housing start figures cited. Report introduced.
(Palmdale, California: Gary Shepard) Sale of starter homes to expand the housing market for first-time buyers examined; scenes shown from Palmdale, California, and eastern sites. [Buyer Mike CHAMBERS, builder Duane BETTY - comment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) crackdown on Sun Oil Company's ads for its high-octane gasoline reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: John Donvan) The development of the commonwealth to replace the central government of the Soviet union featured; details given of President Mikhail Gorbachev's position and of upcoming meeting of 12 republics to discuss how the commonwealth will work. Questions raised of control of various functions currently done by the central government. Republic of Russia's plans cited.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(State Department: John McWethy) Visit by Secretary of State James Baker to the Soviet Asian republics to talk about the forming of the commonwealth featured; scenes shown of him in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, with its President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who indicated his republic will not allow President Boris Yeltsin's Russian republic to solely control nuclear weapons. [NAZARBAYEV - (thru translator) comments on Yeltsin's push to take over USSR 's United Nations seat.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Decision by the European Community to recognize the independence of the Yugoslav republics of Slovenia and Croatia reported; reaction of Serbia noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Strait) Evidence that experimental drug Taxol, which comes from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, can be used in the treatment of breast cancer examined. [M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Frankie HOLMES - shows on x-rays how Taxol helps.] [Cancer victim Marilyn KING - comments.] [National Cancer Institute director Dr. Samuel BRODER - cites limits of Taxol.] Use of Taxol in treatment of other kinds of cancer noted. [KING - comments further.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: John McKenzie) Findings by researchers at Tufts University and Northwestern University that homosexuality is linked to genetics examined; details given of studies done on the sexual preferences of twin brothers. [Northwestern University Michael BAILEY, Cornell Medical College Dr. Richard ISAY - comment on the research.] Reaction of gay community noted. [Gay Men's Health Crisis David HANSELL - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Dissolution of court order preventing the government from returning refugees to Haiti reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Derailment of Amtrak train near Palatka, Florida, shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Bainbridge, Georgia: Bill Blakemore) Reevaluation of the practice of leaving back students featured; Bainbridge, Georgia, classroom scenes shown; details given of program to re-advance the students that have fallen behind. [Science teacher Tammy SULLIVAN, STUDENT, English teacher John MILNER, program creator Richard JOHNSON, two STUDENTS, student Phoebe TAYLOR, high school principal Ronald HINSON - talk about the program.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) State of Georgia's support of the program noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Francisco: Ken Kashiwahara) College course to teach students about the homeless featured; scenes shown from San Francisco of students emulating activities of the homeless. [Student Heather LARSON - talks about her experience panhandling.] [Student Juana RODRIGUEZ - talks about the degrading nature of being homeless.] [San Francisco State University professor Beverly OVERBOW, homeless advocate Josh BRANDON - comment.]
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