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Here is one optimist's reason for believing unity will prevail over disunity, integration over disintegration. In fact, I'll bet that within the next hundred years (I'm giving the world time for setbacks and myself time to be out of the betting game, just in case I lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: The Birth of the Global Nation | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

Part of the reason may be that beta-agonists work too well at providing relief. "If you're allergic to a cat, and a cat walks into the room, you'll cough and wheeze," explains Dr. Clive Page of the University of London. "What your body is saying is 'Leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asthma Deadly ... But Treatable | 6/22/1992 | See Source »

Charging AMI with fraud, the SEC claims that purchasers were duped into believing the bonds were risk-free. The SEC alleges that AMI misrepresented the financial condition of the churches involved, a number of which were so distressed that it was unlikely they'd ever be able to return investments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greed As Gospel | 6/15/1992 | See Source »

It may be too that every nation acquires certain habits at certain moments of its growth. One of the best descriptions of Japanese "conformity," as stereotype conceives of it, was given by William Manchester in The Glory and the Dream. Believing, he wrote, that "leadership came from the group, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Oscar Wilde Knew About Japan | 5/25/1992 | See Source »

Yet seeing, for the jurors in the King trial, was not believing. Legal experts scrambled to explain the unexpected outcome. Some cited a lackluster prosecution, which did not call King to testify, did not raise the issue of racism until late in the 29 days of testimony and may have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Jarring Verdict, An Angry Spasm | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

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