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...that there'll be any signs of a move against Suharto until it?s over.? At the same time, Dowell warns, ?Suharto is a brilliant politician and has all the instincts to come out on top in any battle for power.? All of which means Jakarta may continue to burn for some time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jakarta Burns | 5/14/1998 | See Source »

...offering limited routes and flights, with no frequent-flyer clubs and other features. It is a circular argument, of course. The low fares of the upstarts are based on a cost structure that doesn't have such extras as frequent-flyer programs. And the big airlines force them to burn through their start-up capital by stepping up the price wars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting The Predators | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

This semester more than ever, I feel the burn. It comes in several forms: 1. That unpleasant haze in which I awake when the alarm goes off after what most people consider a short nap, not a night's rest. 2. That queasy after-lunch feeling that numbs even the most stimulating lectures. 3. That early evening slowdown, where everything works at about half speed until...

Author: By Christopher M. Kirchhoff, | Title: Sleepless in Holworthy | 4/15/1998 | See Source »

...They did very well. Some of it is irreparable." This adviser, who goes back to the earliest days of the Clinton campaign, suggests that Jones' lawyers, knowing they lacked any kind of case, just decided somewhere along the line to open Pandora's box, dump it all out there, burn down the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Day Of Deliverance | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...leaders of the A.N.C. were arrested. Mandela was hauled from prison to face with them an almost certain death sentence. His statement from the dock was destined to smolder in the homes and servant quarters, the shacks and shebeens and huts and hovels of the oppressed, and to burn in the conscience of the world: "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nelson Mandela | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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