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...only difference is in who gets the blame. Silber points the finger directly at Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. Weld takes a broader view of the issue, accusing the whole Democratic party of mismanagement. The independent candidates go a step further and indict the entire political system...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: The Ones With the Vision | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...promising to simultaneously cut taxes, expand defense spending, balance the federal budget and foster a new prosperity, Congress passed and sent to the White House a deficit-reduction plan that made no pretense of trying to accomplish those mutually exclusive goals. Capping more than five months of partisan wrangling, finger pointing and evasion, a new reality had forced itself upon a reluctant Washington: there is no way for the U.S. to get its fiscal house in order without demanding some sacrifice from nearly all citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dose Of Reality | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...Saddam put his finger on one of the most important problems in the Middle East other than Palestine, namely the question of rich against poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview with King Hussein: Facing a No-Win Scenario | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...city's mortification peaked when the Boners appeared on Phil Donahue's TV show to discuss, among other matters, the mayor's alleged sexual prowess. Boner also played harmonica while a rambunctious Peel sang Rocky Top. Donahue rightly charged that Boner's conduct came "very close to giving the finger" to Nashville. And Nashville seemed ready by last week to reciprocate. Unfortunately, Boner's constituents have found that the city charter fails to provide for recall. Unless he decides to resign -- or collapses in his bedroom -- it looks as if Nashville is stuck with him for another 11 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Municipal Affairs | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...Minister. Their relationship became common knowledge after Cabral, who is married, and Cardoso de Mello, who is single, openly danced cheek to cheek at her 37th birthday party. Cardoso de Mello's love life had become the subject of speculation after a reporter spotted an engagement ring on her finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Cupid in the Cabinet | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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