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Andrea Worden, a Stanford doctoral candidate inChinese history, has been following the latest LeiFung campaign. She said the Chinese leadershipoften trots out Lei when it wants to impress uponits people the importance of public service andloyalty...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: The Newest Harvard Hero? | 7/31/1990 | See Source »

...consumer caution bad for the U.S. economy? In the long run, a renewed emphasis on savings, and a preference for products that work over those that impress can only be healthy. If U.S. manufacturers and service firms find that they must offer greater value to win customers at home, they will be learning lessons that should improve their chances of doing business abroad. Frenetic consumers who spent much of the decade trying to have it all and wondering how to deal with the resulting stress may find unexpected serenity in their backyards. A touch of the tightwad is a much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunkering Down | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

Ringwald alone does not not impress. She has yet to go beyond the formula she found in the beginning of her career. She whines, she pouts, she looks tremulous and annoys. She--again--wears wacky clothes. The only thing that has changed is the color of her famous mop--it has gotten progressively more orange and progressively less flattering. Ringwald would be better off spending less time at the hairdresser and more time enrolled in a decent acting class...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: Betsy's Family Provides Simple Fun | 7/20/1990 | See Source »

Once again, Bill Cosby takes a familiar story and puts his own creative spin on it. And once again, Cosby's fresh style does not fail to entertain and impress...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Ghostdad Will Have You Die Laughing | 7/13/1990 | See Source »

...blamed the "power hungry" for the unrest, but he did seek to appease the mobs by scheduling a promised referendum on whether to restore multiparty democracy, abolished in 1972, on Oct. 17. Still, he said, there would be no relenting on the austerity measures, which are intended to impress the International Monetary Fund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zambia: Cornmeal and Democracy | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

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