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In an ongoing battle to give a popular name to the B-1 bomber, Representative Robert Dornan prefers “Excalibur,” but the Air Force objects to it because of potential trademark overlap with a car wax, a condom, and an X-rated film service.
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In order to blunt the prodemocracy demonstrations in Moscow on February 25 by keeping people at home, the government scheduled a phone-in lottery and several feature films on television that day. The Sex Mission, a story about two men in a world of topless blond women, was aired at 9 AM.
Sweden’s parliament and its foreign trade minister debated in April whether to place import curbs on bras and underpants. The minister argued for building up domestic production, but critics in parliament feared jeopardizing free trade with China and Malaysia.
Donald M. Thomas, 34, escaped in March from a jail in Cranston, Rhode Island, after serving 89 days of a 90-day sentence for disorderly conduct. He now faces up to 20 years in prison.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
