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...peace movement in America today as the "majority in the periphery." Our voices used to be relegated to the remote periphery of the political discourse. Now I think they are being heard at the center. And I think those farthest from the seats of power tend to be nearer to the heart of things. It was true in the civil rights movement and in the antiwar movement. Now the same thing is true of arms control...
Vogueing pranced a step or two nearer the mainstream last week. The houses of Extravaganza and Magnifique, among others, strutted their stuff at the venerable Roseland Ballroom for a show sponsored by the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS. Among the crowd present: the Talking Heads' David Byrne, actress Gwen Verdon and real fashion model Iman. Said the evening's master of ceremonies, David Ian Extravaganza: "I never thought I'd see the day when we'd be doing this downtown." Well, no; but, then again, don't dance off to California either, David. Vogueing has not yet arrived...
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...interested in a just peace. So far, we have not seen a thing to convince us that Arafat has brought peace nearer...
...Friday the rebel leaders, during their first Cabinet meeting inside Afghanistan, once again predicted victory. Said Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, President of the interim government: "We hope to hold further Cabinet meetings nearer and nearer Kabul...