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These days washington seems to be filled with white men who make black people uneasy, like Newt the slasher, Bill the waffler and Jesse the crank -- Helms, that is, not Jackson. But the scariest of all the hobgoblins may well be a fellow African American, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNCLE TOM JUSTICE | 6/26/1995 | See Source »

Confusion overa possible U.S. military role in Bosniagrew as President Clinton and Congress clashed. While Senate Majority LeaderBob Dole renewed his call for a complete withdrawal of all UN peacekeepers, as well as a lifting of the international arms embargo,Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC), chairman of the Senate Foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CLINTON VS. CONGRESS ON BOSNIA | 6/1/1995 | See Source »

Several members of Congress have taken notice. In late April Senator Jesse Helms wrote to Attorney General Janet Reno asking for an investigation into whether Lacey 's team is keeping the Mob out of the Teamsters. Aides from Senator Orrin Hatch's Judiciary Committee are gathering documents and considering hearings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A TEAMSTER TEMPEST | 5/15/1995 | See Source »

Conservative rhetoric is notorious for appealing to the racism that still lies latent in many communities in white America. This rhetoric often relies on stereotypes, such as Reagan's reference to "welfare queens" or the "Willie Horton" advertisement associated with the Bush campaign. In the past, only rabid racists like...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Right Wing Racists | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

Cuban negotiators began their third round of "migration" talks with U.S. officials in New York today amid worries that Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms' efforts to tighten a U.S. embargo could spark a new boatlift. But lead Cuban negotiator Ricardo Alarcon, at a meeting with TIME editors, flatly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA WARNS AGAINST HELMS BILL | 4/18/1995 | See Source »

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