Word: minimall
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The authorities may have also simply decided that enough time has passed since the Tiananmen crackdown so the risk of rousing large-scale protests is minimal. Except for a few notices posted outside the Beijing Intermediate People's Court, the prosecutions have so far proceeded with little official fanfare. The...
He is boozy Barley Blair (Sean Connery), a fringe English publisher. With the help of a Soviet citizen named Katya (Michelle Pfeiffer), he is supposed to spirit out of the U.S.S.R. a manuscript by a dissident scientist that supposedly has large strategic implications for the West -- or at least the...
Universal health care, one of socialism's main selling points, is a complete flop. "Health care" in the Soviet Union means rat-infested hospitals, minimal service and, in some places, no running water. Anything better requires a generous and well-placed bribe.
Fast-buck artists take note: get yourself arrested in New York City, and you could be $150 to the good if you're kept in the slammer for a night without proper amenities. That is precisely how much U.S. District Judge Morris Lasker last week ordered the city's correction...
War would do it, but at what cost? Some military commanders believe the conflict might be over quickly and with minimal casualties, but a messy horror is also possible. Depending on the outcome, Bush could pay a heavy political price -- defeat in 1992 -- or come away a hero headed for...