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...Institute, warns, "In the post-cold war period, at a time when security ties are no longer holding the two sides together, trade disputes could become a way of life." Some might reply that U.S.-Japanese trade disputes have been a way of life since at least the late 1960s: experts count 30 or more agreements since then that have temporarily kept the peace. Now Tokyo is replying to the tough talk out of Washington mostly with we-can-work-this-out noises. But that in a way is just the problem: the Japanese seem to think Bill Clinton will...
Baldwin attended Harvard during the late 1960s,a time when student demonstrations against theVietnam War rocked the University. He stronglydefends former president Nathan M. Pusey '28, whowas criticized by many students at the time forhis handling of campus protests...
DIED. ROGER ZELAZNY, 58, author; of lung cancer; in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Armed with pyrotechnic prose and a stylish command of mythic themes, Zelazny broke new ground in science fiction as part of the 1960s "New Wave," which presented socially and psychologically complex views of the future, at sharp odds with the genre's traditionally upbeat portrayals of tomorrow. The winner of every major award in the field, Zelazny saw his grim vision of a postapocalyptic America, Damnation Alley, made into an uncompelling 1977 Jan-Michael Vincent film...
...activist during the 1960s and 1970s, Havelwas a chief signatory and spokesperson for theCharter-77 movement, which attacked the Communistautocratic government. Havel's works--includingThe Garden Party(1963) and TheConspiratorswere banned but had world Wideinfluence...
Says Dean of Students Archie C. Epps, who hasbeen watching Harvard political talent since thelate 1960s, "I would push him toward electivepolitics because he's the perfect example of acrossover politician who can draw votes from bothwhite and Black voters...