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David Dinkins has been in politics for almost as long as Bradley, but he seems newer to many New York voters. He has garnered far fewer headlines than Giuliani, who made a name for himself with high-profile cases against Mafia chiefs and Wall Street cheats. Last week elated black voters were greeting Dinkins' victory with tears and shouts of celebration. But some had also already reined in their expectations about what any mayor, black or white, can achieve. "With the Dinkins victory, there is hope," says Utrice Leid, managing editor of the City Sun, a Brooklyn-based newspaper aimed...
...deer hunt provides a change from the routine hazards of farming. Accompanying Bauer and his friends is an anonymous character known as "the city man" -- almost certainly Rhodes himself -- who accidently discharges his rifle. The bullet passes through the windshield of a truck and the crown of the driver's cap before channeling into the roof of the cab. It is a chilling moment, one in which to give thanks for a tragedy luckily averted and thanks that Rhodes was not similarly careless when reporting on the atom bomb...
...Dutch border, there were 5,000 job proposals chasing just 1,500 refugees. "I am swimming in offers," said Dennis Kiesewalter, 22, a roofer. "At home I was told about unemployment here." The outpouring of jobs probably startled some West Germans as well; the unemployment rate currently stands at almost 7%. The fact is, however, that the East Germans offer employers certain advantages that most natives do not. The newcomers, by and large, are mobile, are accustomed to working harder than many West Germans and are not finicky about getting their hands dirty...
...Intra-German Relations, more than half of the refugees are under 30, and only 17% are over 40. Surveys showed that fully 86% have vocational or professional training, and an equal number held down professional jobs in East Germany. All of those polled owned television sets back home, almost two- thirds owned private cars, and 15% had weekend homes...
...distress. True, the consumer offerings in West Germany far outstrip what is available back home, but East Germany enjoys the best living standard of any East European country. Most of the refugees, however, define a better life in terms that cannot be measured in deutsche marks. Of those polled, almost three-quarters said they were driven by the lack of freedom of expression and travel. Almost as many said they wanted more personal responsibility for their own destiny. As Heide Zitzmann, 37, a schoolteacher, summed it up, "I felt buried alive...