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...aspect of China's modernization drive will be debated in the weeks and months ahead, and its opponents may even find some common ground. In a telling image, Politburo Member Chen Yun, a powerful conservative, has likened the Chinese economy to a bird and described government control as the cage. While the cage may be enlarged to let the bird fly more freely, Chen argues, it must never be thrown away. On that point, at least, Deng Xiaoping and his critics seem to agree completely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Settling for A Stalemate | 4/6/1987 | See Source »

Fortunately for Harvard, Coach Bob Scalise had brought along JV goalie Jim Yue, who found himself in cage within minutes of the opening face-off--against a pumped-up B.C. squad geared for an upset...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Laxmen, Down 3-1, Top B.C., 16-3; JV Goalie Yue Shuts Down Eagles | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

Three passions consume the roiling romantic soul of Herbert I. ("Hi") McDonnough (Nicolas Cage). He has a fondness, though not really much of a talent, for robbing convenience stores. He loves his wife Edwina (Holly Hunter), a police officer he met on his frequent vacations at the local prison. And he shares her desire to create little baby His and Eds. Says Hi, in the daft and plangent narration that sets the tone for this terrific comedy: "Every day we kept a child out of the world was a day he might later regret having missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rootless People RAISING ARIZONA | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...Says Louw: "The struggle in this country is over who should dominate whom -- that is, who controls the very powerful central government. Our solution entails not having such a central government. We want to make it possible to let the tiger -- the black majority -- out of the cage without whites being eaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa 306 Solutions to a Baffling Problem | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...women's track team tied for 28th place in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference meet Saturday and yesterday at Coxe Cage in New Haven, Conn...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: ...While Women Tie for 28th at Easterns | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

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