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...Mitterrand government, the bicentennial is a political opportunity and a ticklish responsibility. On July 14, the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille, the leaders of the seven industrialized nations -- France, the U.S., Canada, Japan, Britain, West Germany and Italy -- will assemble in Paris for a summit. What kind of image will France present? On the surface, at least, that of a united nation celebrating its glorious past with the hoopla of a spectacular Bastille Night parade and sound-and-light show down the Champs Elysees. Already, merchants are hawking underwear decorated with little guillotines. French television is reveling...
...unreconstructed left wants an unapologetic bicentennial honoring the nation's radical roots. "France is still a country of class struggle," wrote historian Claude Mazauric in the Communist Party newspaper L'Humanite. "The message of 1789 . . . is to build a society unconstrained by multinational capitalism." SOS-Racisme, a civil rights group, for example, will celebrate with a rally for Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former slave who led an 18th century Haitian rebellion against French colonialism. A group of prominent Parisian socialists is agitating to rename part of the Rue St.-Honore after Robespierre. "All revolutions have excesses," explains former Health Minister...
...ever wonder how Washington really works? Twenty-three leaders of top U.S. and foreign corporations tried to find out last week in a three-day, TIME-sponsored visit to the nation's capital. White House Chief of Staff John Sununu opened the TIME Executive News Conference with a spirited defense of the President's first 100 days. Cabinet Secretaries painted a dismaying picture of U.S. drug, environmental and educational problems. One morning was spent in the CIA's domed and soundproofed "bubble" with officials, including Director William Webster. In a majestic Supreme Court conference room, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy paced...
...preserve us, the 50th anniversary of TV itself has arrived -- at least by one measure. On April 20, 1939, RCA formally introduced the modern system of TV broadcasting at the New York World's Fair. One could just as plausibly trace TV's origin back to 1927, when the nation's first experimental TV stations went on the air. Or ahead to the start of regularly scheduled national TV broadcasts, which did not come until after the end of World...
COVER: The abortion battle approaches a climax, and the nation embarks on a collision course with itself...