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"A petticoat government" was how one 18th century British observer described the workings of the Cherokee Indian tribe. Not only were women influential with the tribal elders, but those who had performed special acts of valor bore an honorific title: Beloved Woman. Despite such enlightened attitudes, no woman has ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: Dec 2, 1985 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

A factor in this year's selection was the five-day visit to China last October by the TIME Newstour of civic, academic and business leaders and Time Inc. editors. After viewing some of China's free-market experiments and spending more than an hour with Deng, the tour participants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter from the Publisher: Jan. 6, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Labor-management relations will be especially delicate. As Mazda fills the 3,500 jobs at the new facility, the company has been giving preference to laid-off Ford workers, most of whom are members of the United Auto Workers. The U.A.W., which has saluted Mazda's Hofu training program as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mazda University: American workers study kaizen | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

You revealed the new Pope to be an uncompromising old man who will not respond to American Catholics' disenchantment with the church's antiquated edicts. Doctrinal disagreements in the past have caused groups to split from the Catholic Church and go their own way. When will a new generation of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/23/2005 | See Source »

Inside the Mind of the Pope Readers responded to our stories on the new Pontiff, some with celebration, some with disillusionment. Conservative Catholics rejoiced in the selection of a man known as John Paul II's strong right hand. Progressives expressed a feeling that any hope for a reformist papacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/19/2005 | See Source »

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