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While know-nothingism is generally confined to the more dismal corners of the American psyche, it seems all too predictable that during the next decades many more mainstream white Americans will begin to speak openly about the nation they feel they are losing. There are not, after all, many nonwhite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond The Melting Pot | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

In an effort to arouse world alarm and perhaps justify another pre-emptive strike, Israel, which is believed to possess nuclear weapons, may be exaggerating Iraq's progress toward building an atomic bomb. Nonetheless, Western arms experts fear that in his drive to dominate the region, Saddam is capable of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East The Big Sting | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

When he pitched DEG to investors, De Laurentiis promised he would make careful, modestly budgeted pictures. Yet once ensconced at DEG, he refused to share decision-making authority and showed a knack for picking up screenplays that other studios had wisely spurned. For an Old World producer accustomed to making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Star Of His Own Dubious Epic | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank '61 (D-Newton) is accustomed to making waves.

Author: By David G. Zermeno, | Title: Frank Challenger Draws Criticism for Remarks | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

Supporters of the minority leader, who assumed his position in 1987 at the young age of 33, attribute the campaign's success to Pierce's image as a down-to-earth conservative, knowledgable with the state's budget crisis and accustomed to battling the Democrats.

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Minority Leader Hits Right Note | 3/6/1990 | See Source »

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