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...wonder that Democrats and Republicans alike this year are invoking the spirit of Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04 to lend credibility to their plans for change. No 20th century figure comes close to Roosevelt's commitment to social and economic justice...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, | Title: Tick-Tock, Flip-Flop | 10/3/1992 | See Source »

There has always been an understandable tendency among African Americans to dismiss bad news about Africa as racist lies. During the late '70s, for example, a certain civil rights leader tried to persuade black American professionals to lend support to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Reports that Amin had slaughtered tens of thousands of his people were brushed aside as inventions of the racist Western propaganda machine. The truth, of course, is that until Amin was chased into exile by Julius Nyerere's Tanzania, he was one of the most murderous tyrants the world has known. His country, once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In African-American Eyes | 9/7/1992 | See Source »

...celebrity Arthur Godfrey. The prerecorded message was concise: The country has come under nuclear attack, but the government continues to function. In addition, a number of prominent newsmen who had taken oaths of secrecy had agreed to accompany the President to the relocation site of his choosing and lend their familiar names and faces to help calm the surviving audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Doomsday Blueprints | 8/10/1992 | See Source »

Some important items from the original show, such as the 12th century ivory- inlaid minbar, or high preacher's throne, from the Kutubiyya mosque in Marrakesh, were also deemed too fragile to travel. When the Spanish authorities refused to lend one of the spectacular amphora-type "Alhambra vases," with its luster glazes and formalized handles like angels' wings, another was lent by the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. But even in its truncated form, "Al-Andalus" is not an exhibition to miss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: When Spain Was Islamic | 7/20/1992 | See Source »

...sense, Perot was only fulfilling his promise to provide his supporters with "a world-class campaign" when he recruited Republican Ed Rollins and Democrat Hamilton Jordan to guide his effort. They, in turn, have signed experienced operatives from both parties to lend the crusade an air of professionalism. In conjunction with several of Perot's former business associates, the team will determine campaign strategy, look for a running mate and help shape the candidate's stands on at least a few major issues. But the , transition from grass-roots petition drives to a high-tech political offensive has run into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dallas On The Line | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

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