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That was an obvious reference to New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor, who said in his autobiography that golf helped him kick a drug habit. Taylor subsequently tested positive a second time and was suspended for 30 days. A third positive test, like Washington's Dexter Manley's last season, results in a lifetime suspension...
...Seaga's heavy cuts in health and education spending had angered the poor. There was a growing consensus among Jamaicans that the recovery had benefited mainly businessmen and the wealthy. Under the party slogan of "We put people first," Manley succeeded in portraying Seaga as a callous, autocratic Prime Minister obsessed with computer figures and uninterested in his constituents...
...Manley himself cultivated a new image, different from the radical ideologue of the '70s who alarmed the private business sector, alienated Washington and scared away American tourists. His trademark open-necked safari suit has been replaced by a sober, dark blue business suit. Stressing pragmatism over idealism, he has purged the left-wing fringe of the PNP, toned down his relationship with Fidel Castro and reassured jittery business leaders with talk of continued economic stability and the need for private investment. "I think there are two types of people," he said, "those who won't learn and those...
...Manley also wants a "new beginning" with the U.S. and plans to visit Washington soon after taking office. The U.S., for its part, is ready to reconsider relations with its old antagonist. "Essentially what he stresses is that he wants to work constructively with us," says a State Department official. "We'll remain a bit skeptical until we see what policies he works up. But right now we're willing to give him the benefit of the doubt...
...face-saving Soviet diplomacy fails and the mujahedin squabble, the Kabul regime prepares for the final siege and Washington ponders its next move. | -- The Chemical Connection: why the South American coke trade is a two-way street. -- Steering a new course, former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley is returned to power...