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Milestones

Ten years ago: In his first nationally broadcast address from the White House, President Bush outlined a plan to fight illicit drugs, which he called the “quicksand of our entire society.”

Five years ago: A U.N.-sponsored population conference opened in Egypt, where Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland lashed out at the Vatican and at Muslim fundamentalists by defending abortion rights and sex education.

One year ago: President Clinton appealed to the people of Ireland never to allow “the enemies of peace to break your will” as he wrapped up a three-day visit.