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...vague: "facilitate" delivery of food and the voluntary repatriation of the refugees. How they would do that was equally unspecified. About 1,000 U.S. troops would take over the airport at Goma, the Zairean city nearest the fighting, held by Zairean Tutsi rebels. They would open a three-mile corridor between Goma and the Rwanda border to protect refugees walking home--though the border is in fact only a few hundred yards away. An additional 2,000 or 3,000 Americans would go to Rwanda and Uganda to airlift in supplies and the other 10,000 foreign troops, whose jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW SHOULD WE HELP? | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

Gates, his wife Sharon Adams, and his daughters, Maggie and Liza, completed the 3,000-mile train trip from Zimbabwe to Tanzania last August...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gates Family Train Trip Across Africa Featured in Book, Television Series | 11/9/1996 | See Source »

...remember correctly, my vote did not carry all that much weight in the outcome. My school was fairly progressive, and Reagan lost by a mile. But my eighth grade mind was still idealistic--I liked knowing that my vote was part of the final tally, and that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Building That Bridge | 11/5/1996 | See Source »

Defending Dartmouth champion Maribel Sanchez bested her last year time by 33 seconds finishing in an impressive 17:28 for the 3.1 mile course. Schotte (18:05.7), who was Harvard's top finisher in 8th place, cut her time by 57 seconds over last year's race and in the process earned second team All Ivy honors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heps Disappoint Cross Country Teams | 11/5/1996 | See Source »

BORN: Sept. 24, 1943, Detroit EDUCATION: Michigan State U, Oakland, B.A., 1967 FAMILY: Divorced; five children RELIGION: Christian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Radio-talk-show host; author; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: Sought G.O.P. nomination for U.S. Senate, 1994 ADDRESS: 21711 West Ten Mile Road, No. 202, Southfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MICHIGAN | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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