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...East Germans expect first of all from their new leaders is an effort to build "real Socialism" and sweep away the remnants of a corrupt and repressive regime. They want closer relations with their West German brethren, a growing together with the Federal Republic -- but not necessarily reunification; they insist on being accepted as they are. And finally, they demand economic reward, even though they know they are not likely to catch up with the West any time soon...
Enthusiastic as he is about the new campaign -- and he owns a good share of the market on enthusiasm -- Lois offers one complaint: the production schedule interrupts his Saturday-morning basketball game. His new associates at TIME show no mercy. "George," they insist, "You have to make time for TIME...
...tried to dodge prickly questions about her reliance on astrology, her feuds with White House chief of staff Donald Regan and her troubled relations with her children. "When she'd say, 'Now Bill, you're not going to talk about this,' I'd use the editors: 'But the editors insist on these subjects,' " says Novak. "The fact is, if you ask readers to pay $22 for a book, you have to reveal new material. Ironically, the better known the person the more they must reveal." Recalls Reagan: "There were tough, difficult times and good times. But I wanted it honest...
Liberals also insist that keeping the rich on the entitlement rolls is a political necessity. It is true that many wealthy senior citizens would not support the program if they did not benefit from it. But by bribing the rich for their support, liberals are hurting the very group they want to help--the elderly poor...
With growing support from liberal theologians, the gay activists insist that Christianity has unjustly repressed a perfectly moral alternative life-style. For Catholics, the dispute is a classic test of loyalty to the Pope and the magisterium, or teaching authority, of the church. For Protestants, it is an example of the deep-seated conflict between the traditional and liberal approaches to the Bible...