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Slowly the campaign is working: many islanders still balk at the notion of a return to Japanese sovereignty, but most agree that the holdouts are losing ground. Says a fisherman in Kurilsk: "We live in barbaric conditions, and our government will not help. Who would not agree to Japan's offer for a good sum of money...
...about a single mom named Nora (Brooke Adams), living in a trailer park in a small New Mexico town, working as a waitress in a roadside restaurant, at once harried and patient (and wonderfully authentic) as she tries to raise two daughters. The younger of them, Shade (Fairuza Balk), narrates the story of a crucial few months in their lives. She has a busy, dreamy mind. She may moon over the romantic fictions shown at a little Hispanic theater and end up falling for the Latino boy who works as its projectionist. But she's also up and doing -- looking...
...costs, many teams have dumped dozens of higher-paid veterans and replaced them with rookies earning close to the minimum $100,000 salary. Owners are also looking to cut overhead by revising the 1990 labor agreement. Their main goal: the elimination of salary arbitration. If the players balk, owners may respond with a lockout. Says Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the Chicago White Sox, one of the most militant club owners: "The status quo cannot continue...
...reached out now," says Bush campaign manager Fred Malek, who worked with Buchanan in the Nixon White House, "he'd slap our hand and go on national TV and make fun of us. We're just going to leave him alone." But unless Bush engages him, Buchanan may stubbornly balk at laying down his arms. Such a standoff might open the door to some back-door negotiations by an old friend of both men's: Richard Nixon. Buchanan, who says he plans no third-party run for the White House, is certain to support Bush against the Democrats in November...
...that he would rather see the peace conference founder than withdraw his request for loan guarantees, Israel offered one carrot. "Israel is not seeking a confrontation with the U.S., its ally," said Foreign Minister David Levy, whose views do not always reflect Shamir's. Yet Israeli officials continued to balk at Bush's linkage between the guarantees and the peace conference. "Our request for guarantees," Levy said, "is not a provocation against anyone, nor a hindrance to the advancement of the peace process...