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Lewis set off another firestorm by saying in an interview that he could not attend a rally because of a previous commitment...
Responding to a firestorm of media attention, the University yesterday called a press conference to clarify the status of an unpublished novel authored by Louisa May Alcott...
...technicality: the group had violated election laws by dropping six names from its list of more than 200 candidates without supporting documents. The surprise decision to exclude the only reformist group in the present parliament with a serious chance to do well in the election set off an immediate firestorm of protest. Yavlinksy claimed that officials "in the top echelons of power" were taking advantage of the President's illness to settle political scores. Chernomyrdin said the decision "damaged the whole election campaign and democracy in Russia." The furor prompted the Kremlin to issue what was allegedly a sick...
...prevent him from participating in next Monday's Million Man March in Washington, D.C., led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. "Nobody really expected Powell to join the march," says TIME's Sylvestor Monroe. "It is a no-win situation for him. If he goes, he starts a firestorm with white people who think he's supporting Farrakhan. If he doesn't, he looks like he does not support what the march is supposed to be about, which is black self-sufficiency and family strength...
...firestorm of protests erupted over the decision by University of California regents to eliminateaffirmative actionprograms in admissions and hiring, a move that is expected to influence debate over these programs in other parts of the country. While Rev. Jesse Jackson called on the Clinton Administration to block the action, citing federal funding for the university, Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, called the UC decision "a threat to all Americans." A Time-CNN poll released Friday found 65 percent believe federal affirmative action programs should be changed rather than eliminated, while 47 percent said that the system...