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...periodically -- and from Clinton with some regularity -- there is enough of a debate about future directions to perceive two very different governing philosophies. It simply is not true, as even many academics contend, that the candidates differ only at the margins. From Bush it is more of the same, a laissez-faire embrace of free markets, a scarcely subtle survival-of-the- fittest signal. The Republicans, it is clear, see nothing wrong with extending the Me decade indefinitely; no matter that Reagan's trickle-down nostrums, which were supposed to lift all boats, have so far lifted only yachts...
...youth culture. It is both a recreational vehicle and a form of social commentary: you can dance to it (one Mexican rap hit has a salsa kick) and think it over too (a German piece rails against neo-Nazi goons and a complacent, fat-cat government). The language may differ from place to place, even when it's English, but the music is everywhere -- in the air, on the streets, in the racks...
...Mansfield seemed to differ with President Bush on another populartelevision show, "The Simpsons." In August, Bushsaid American families must start looking lesslike the Simpsons, but Mansfield praised thefamily as an ideal for conservatives...
...this year, the candidates have adopted extreme positions on abortion, positions that differ greatly from ones they have supported in the past. In fact, they have selected among the most radical positions from a wide spectrum of options...
...used his teaching pulpit to indoctrinate students. He was profoundly influenced by Mao's Cultural Revolution, which he witnessed firsthand. "At some point," says journalist Gustavo Gorriti, "he persuaded himself that he was not only a qualified leader but had both a national and a world responsibility." Scholars differ about Guzman's intellectual gifts, but they agree that he was an outstanding organizer who was capable of great charm and attentiveness...