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After trailing Labor in popularity for most of 1986, the Tories have roared back. Thatcher's triumphant Moscow trip, contrasted with Labor Leader Neil Kinnock's failed venture to Washington, gave the government a sharp boost in April. Labor's demand that Britain scrap its nuclear arsenal and ban American nuclear weapons and bases, a stance the U.S. claims would destroy NATO, continues to cut deeply into the party's support. So have fierce intraparty ideological rivalries between moderates and the militant left. The quarreling allowed the Conservatives to jump into a lead of between 10 and 15 points...
Instead, he advocates "programs to which the more advantaged groups of all races can positively relate." Most important is to stimulate the national economy so there is greater demand for new workers. He would replace "means- tested" programs -- like welfare -- aimed at the black poor with programs for job training, child care and education that are "available to all members of society who choose to use them." By making these available to all citizens, he contends, enough political support will be generated to sustain the effort. In Wilson's view, special treatment cannot help the underclass. In the long...
...illegally, the law cracks down on businesses that offer them jobs. Beginning June 1, every employer in America, from the Beverly Hills housewife who takes on a Mexican gardener to the Lower Manhattan garmentmaker who hires dozens of Chinese seamstresses, must become a kind of INS agent. Employers must demand such documents as a U.S. passport or birth certificate, proof of naturalization or a resident-alien card, and then complete an I-9 verification form for each employee...
...President had slapped on a variety of Japanese color televisions, computers and power tools on April 17. Abe outlined a series of economic proposals -- aimed at reducing his country's irritating surplus -- that Nakasone will present during his visit. The measures involve sustained efforts to boost Japanese consumer demand and thus imports. Japan also plans to encourage the lending of perhaps as much as $30 billion to Third World debtor nations. The prospect of the changes, however, did nothing to strengthen the U.S. dollar: last week it fell below 140 yen for the first time in more than 35 years...
...their first general election in six years, opponents of the country' s system of racial segregation are standing up. Some members of the once nearly monolithic "white tribe" are looking for change. Even the cradle of the volk, Stellenbosch University, is being swept by an intellectual revolution as professors demand real reform. See WORLD...