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Date: 21 November 1988
LEAD: International A3-13 Shimon Peres is willing to join Likud in a ''national unity'' government even if Yitzhak Shamir of Likud headed the government, Mr. Peres said, despite his dislike for such arrangements. Page A1
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S.I. Museum Gives Children Close Look at News
Date: 20 November 1988
LEAD: With the timing of a seasoned reporter, Christian A. Pepo slipped quietly into the press preview of the Staten Island Children's Museum's newest exhibition, missing the small talk and just catching the first good quotation.
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2 Moves at NBC Reflect Push for Efficiency
Date: 21 November 1988
By Jeremy Gerard
Jeremy Gerard
LEAD: Two moves last week by NBC have underscored just how serious the General Electric Company, the network's owner, is about turning the network's news division into a leaner and more competitive machine.
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If Nonvoters Had Voted: Same Winner, but Bigger
Date: 21 November 1988
By E. J. Dionne Jr
E. Dionne
LEAD: What if they gave an election and everybody came? If all the people who did not vote in 1988 had done so, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll, the victor would have been - George Herbert Walker Bush.
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U.S. UNITS IN SEOUL TIGHTEN SECURITY
Date: 20 November 1988
By Seth Mydans, Special To the New York Times
Seth Mydans
LEAD: The United States military has tightened security around its civilian installations after an attack on an American housing compound by a group of young protesters armed with firebombs and metal bars.
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After Years of Swimming, Newspapers Tread Water
Date: 21 November 1988
By Albert Scardino
Albert Scardino
LEAD: AFTER a decade of spectacular strides in revenues and profits, the newspaper industry has stepped into a swamp. Declines in advertising revenues have struck broadcasters and magazine publishers as well, but newspapers had grown accustomed to thinking of themselves as something akin to utilities, producing very high, very stable profits in good times and bad.
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Who Were the Voters and Nonvoters?
Date: 21 November 1988
LEAD: Percent of Percent of voters who: nonvoters who: Demographic characteristics Were under 30 years of age 24 42 Reported annual household income 38 49 under $25,000 Have not attended college 58 75 Are black 11 11 Moved in the last two years 16 35
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Trying to Save A Doomed Globe
Date: 20 November 1988
LEAD: IT WAS believed to be the largest revolving manmade globe in the world - a 25-ton steel sphere, 28 feet in diameter, with tiles painted to resemble the earth. But it fell prey to the elements, lost its tiles and stopped revolving more than five years ago.
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3 Giant Windmills: Is There a Buyer?
Date: 20 November 1988
LEAD: IN the days of expensive oil, look, it wasn't such a bad idea: Set three of the biggest windmills in the world on 200-foot towers and let them churn out 7.5 megawatts of electricity, or enough for 2,000 homes.
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