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North Korea's Kim Jong Il, 51, wears high-heeled shoes and a bouffant hairdo in an attempt to look taller. He is a poor speaker and worries whether he can match his father's commanding power. But even those who laugh loudest at his vanities take one of his indulgences quite seriously: Kim, who has taken over day-to-day dictatorial duties from his 81-year-old father, "Great Leader" Kim Il Sung, appears determined to build a secret arsenal of nuclear weapons. His government had threatened to quit the 150-nation Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Control: Fighting Off Doomsday | 6/21/1993 | See Source »

...only Spanish, as Foreign Minister. U.S. diplomats dismissed him as "dynamic but dumb." Havana's bureaucrats were speechless: in his previous job as head of the Union of Communist Youth, Robaina had wooed the young with discos and salsa music -- and those T shirts. Even Fidel had a public laugh wondering how Robaina might dress for an appearance at the United Nations. But Castro was clear about his reasons: "We needed someone young...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Come the Yummies | 6/21/1993 | See Source »

...about giving women what they need," Kleinfelder says. "It's about giving them the same."Crimson File PhotoSenior LIZ BERKERY and Athletic Director BILL CLEARY '56 share a laugh. Cleary has been accused of not providing enough funding to women's sports as stipulated by Title...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Title IX: The Writing Is on the Wall | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...stand up for yourself, just laugh along, Ms. Senator or Mr. Congressperson. It's nothing serious, just our country's future...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: Live From Burbank--Your Leaders | 6/8/1993 | See Source »

...very bright," she says. "If the teacher said, 'Recess is over; sit down,' I'd have to go over, take his hand and tell him to sit down." She adds, "We were very close." As a teenager, he loved to dance "fast and slow," says Martha. "He'd laugh a lot, but -- I can't explain it -- then he'd stop himself and say, 'Oh, boy.' He'd make a comment behind the laugh, and then he'd be quiet again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Voices Told Him to Kill | 6/7/1993 | See Source »

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