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Some countries want the international community to embrace the principle of "forced repatriation." Two weeks ago, at a U.N.-sponsored conference in Geneva, attended by representatives from 76 countries, Hong Kong and the six members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Brunei -- pressed for the mandatory return of boat people to Viet Nam. The appeal was blocked, for differing reasons, by Viet Nam and the U.S., but the conference did ratify a new policy of refusing to grant automatic refugee status to fresh arrivals. In Hong Kong alone, as a consequence, some...
...long ago, parents traveling with small children smuggled them into luxury hotels like illegal pets. Most did not dare venture into the dining rooms for fear of waiters who sneered, diners who scowled and menus with nothing resembling a hamburger in any language. But now the baby boomers, that bulky and insistent generation, are traveling with their youngsters in tow -- and once more transforming an industry that is intent on meeting their every need. The travel business will never be the same again...
...housekeeping will produce not only fresh towels and ice cubes, but also games, books, diapers and the use of a Nintendo video game. A pediatrician is on call round the clock. "Our business has doubled," says general manager Stan Bromley, who began emphasizing service to children about two years ago. "We gave away 1,200 comic books in 1988 -- more than we sell orders of caviar...
...first time since baseball's investigation began four months ago, the worst charges imaginable are spoken at a Cincinnati hearing: the Reds manager bet on his own team...
Agreeable to all parties, of course, is the rub. It will always be politically safer to fund an exhibit of old masters than an exhibit of unproven work. Two weeks ago at a meeting in his office, Yates confronted NEA critic Armey with a Picasso painting of the Crucifixion, which offended many people in the 1930s. Armey admitted that he was not offended by the Picasso, but did not concede anything about Mapplethorpe. Armey warned that if the Mapplethorpe catalog is plunked down on the table during the debate on NEA funding, its budget would be "blown...