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...Chicago's South Side, joined Chicago's Million Man March steering committee. Says he of Farrakhan's followers: "I admire their work in cleaning up drugs; I admire their sense of cleanliness and frugal spending." He adds the urban truism, "In this neighborhood, the word is you don't mess with the Muslims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARCHING TO FARRAKHAN'S TUNE | 10/16/1995 | See Source »

...former becoming the ruling class, the latter doing the menial work. But Travolta delivers a heartbreaking portrayal of a desperate working stiff, unfairly fired from his job and turning to crime in order to support his family. Next will come Broken Arrow, a John Woo action film, and a mess of high-concept, high-profile pictures that signify his return to Hollywood's A list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: TRAVOLTA FEVER | 10/16/1995 | See Source »

...months and will forgo their annual bonuses. The bank itself sold $336 million worth of real estate in Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima and other cities last week to help offset the losses. The situation at Daiwa could hinder Japan's attempts to clean up its banking mess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BLOWN BILLION | 10/9/1995 | See Source »

...result is supposed to be a web, a giant linking of volumes of text, video and audio clips, but in practice it turns out to be more like a haystack: a huge mess in which it is next to impossible to find even one needle...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: ON TECHNOLOGY | 10/4/1995 | See Source »

...most people see it, China has no reason to renege. It's what some commentators call the "golden goose" theory: Hong Kong's thriving economy, capitalist infrastructure, and status as a hub of world business make it such a tantalizing prize that the Chinese won't dare to mess with it. (Deng Xiaoping himself has been known to say, "To get rich is glorious.") The theory has been so convincing that big business has come to see 1997 not as a disaster but as an unrivaled opportunity to crack the billion-strong Chinese market. Integrating Hong Kong into the mainland...

Author: By Timothy P. Yu, | Title: Fighting for Democracy | 9/22/1995 | See Source »

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