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Middle East scholar Clinton Bailey tried to point out just how false this analogy is. Protesting Federal Government policy? The West Bank is not Selma. Palestinians are not demanding service at the lunch counter. They demand a flag and an army. This is insurrection for independence. They are part of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Judging Israel | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

Though criticized for not reaping a peace dividend, Bush has insisted that U.S. weapons were the necessary collateral for deals with Moscow, and his tenacity apparently paid off. For years both sides have been dickering over the fine points of a strategic missile treaty and got nowhere on reducing troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Are These Men Smiling?: James Baker and Eduard Shevardnadze | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Well then, comes the natural response, more and tougher sanctions are needed. That too is open to question. A major slowdown in South Africa could halt the growth of the skilled black work force and the development of black economic power, which have already caused irreversible changes in the apartheid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sanctions: What Spells Success? | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

Before the abolition of slavery, whites felt superior to blacks. After abolition, they kept right on feeling superior -- for what other race could make such a noble gesture as abolition? When blacks appeared on monuments after abolition, they continued to kneel, looking up at their white liberators. To unpick such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Two Centuries of Stereotypes | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

At the top of Fernandez's agenda is the abolition of the Board of Examiners, a city agency that duplicates many of the licensing procedures already required by the state. He also plans to push for a law banning the city's practice of allowing a principal to serve as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bracing For Perestroika | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

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