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...tone or substance of the talk. That, says psychologist Andrew Hacker, author of Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, is typical behavior among bigots who have no fear that their outrageous conduct will ever be known to the world outside their racist cocoon. "As a bona fide member of the Caucasian club, I can tell you that people talk this way only when they feel very, very sure of their company," says Hacker. "It's clear that in those ranks at Texaco, there were no holds barred...
Elan Steinberg, executive director of the World Jewish Congress, calls it "a smoking gun" and a true test of Swiss bona fides. "For 50 years," says Steinberg, "they have been telling us, 'We can't give you any money because you have no records.' Now if they say we still can't have it, the implications are monstrous. After all, this is their list, not ours." Jewish organizations in Europe and the U.S. believe Switzerland's vaults still hold prewar deposits that, with a half-century of interest, could be worth $3 billion to $7 billion today. Even...
...fumbles and foibles, Perot has made a mark on the political landscape. Against steep odds he created a bona fide third party whose presidential candidate in the year 2000 will qualify for taxpayer funding. Lamm and his supporters are already vying for the money, which will amount to several million dollars. More immediately, Perot has helped put two issues squarely at the center of the nation's agenda: campaign-finance reform and the need to overhaul Medicare and Social Security. "If Ross Perot had only known what to do with the remnants of a losing presidential campaign," says Ralph Reed...
Wherever Morris went in the '90s, Republicans wanted to talk about Clinton. They wanted to hear about the robocampaigner. They wanted to hear about the rumors. And either because he believed it or because he was proving his G.O.P. bona fides by telling Republicans what they wanted to hear, Morris seems to have served up a good deal of gossip about his old friend...
...fear," without addressing the candidates' military backgrounds, was to miss a crucial dimension of the election. At its heart, the question was about whom Israelis trusted more as a leader in a place where war is not an abstract concept but an everyday reality. Peres, lacking the proper military bona fides, said, "Follow me"; the Israeli electorate said no. JEFFREY KAHANA Cambridge, Massachusetts...