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...provides further evidence that we are in danger of becoming a society of haves and have-nots," Brown said. "This is unacceptable." TIME national correspondent Jack E. White says the nonpartisan reports will "reinforce the belief that black interests have been put on the political back burner," and will jolt major black groups like the NAACP to take stronger stands on economic issues. "This is confirmation that 30 years after the Civil Rights acts were passed, blacks don't enjoy anything like equality," White says...
...wonder the country as a whole got such a serious jolt. One of Japan's most important industrial and transportation centers had been shattered in the 20 seconds the quake lasted. Aside from the destruction of its port facilities, which served as a gateway for about 10% of Japan's overseas trade, Kobe's trains, its elevated highways and much of its basic utilities lay in ruins...
...country's worst earthquake in more than 70 years. The jolt that hit Kobe (pop. 1.5 million) just before dawn on Tuesday measured 7.2 on the Richter scale. The numbers alone told the chilling story: some 5,000 confirmed dead, 200 still missing, 25,000 injured, 300,000 homeless. As exhausted relief workers sifted through the rubble of what was once the country's second busiest port, survivors waited stoically in line for hours for a small bottle of water and a fist-size ball of rice. Offers of help came from all over the world, and as each...
...process. Israel has insisted it will not expand Palestinian self-rule beyond the enclaves in the Gaza Strip and Jericho unless Arafat works harder to ensure Israeli safety by containing Muslim extremists. So far, the P.L.O. chairman has been unwilling to do that. Israelis hope the latest outrages will jolt him into action, but that would be a major departure for Arafat. "The question now," says a U.S. diplomat in Jerusalem, "is whether this man, who has survived by making compromises with his opponents, is capable of wisely confronting them...
...test is, Which provisions will reduce crime?, the red meat in the $33 billion bill isn't worth chewing over. Neither the jolt of additional death penalties nor the "three strikes and you're out" scheme that Clinton adores -- the plan that would incarcerate for life those felons convicted of a third violent crime -- would significantly lower crime rates...