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Perot's distrust of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari's promise to increase wages in Mexico also betrays his belief in Mexican corruption. He regularly points out that Mexican workers earn one-seventh what U.S. laborers make. But he dismisses President Salinas' commitment to raise the minimum wage as Mexican productivity increases, suggesting that Salinas is corrupt and untrustworthy...
...days, she has redefined the role of First Lady in America more than anyone would have imagined a year ago. By the end of this month, she plans to deliver a proposal for the largest piece of legislation since Social Security, a health- care plan that will affect one-seventh of the American economy. Her tackling of a nearly $1 trillion-a-year problem is accompanied by the sound of glass ceilings breaking as women empowered by the Clinton Administration rise to new positions of influence and opportunity. The new Attorney General, Janet Reno, last week demonstrated more courage...
...Hillary's still-developing plan to transform the nation's health-care system is emerging as the most challenging and far-reaching domestic initiative of Bill Clinton's presidency. Selling Congress, much less the American people, on a complete overhaul of an $800 billion-a-year industry that represents one-seventh of the gross domestic product makes selling a controversial budget plan look easy. "Of all the decisions he has made," said one adviser, "doing health care involves the highest risk and is most indicative of his desire for change...
...their occupation of all these lands as early as the spring of 1941. And they conquered this vast sweep of territory so easily that the immediate worry was whether they would strike next at ill-defended Australia, ill-defended India or ill-defended Hawaii. Japan now ruled nearly one-seventh of the world, and one of its generals warned against a new kind of overconfidence: "victory disease...
...only part of the upset's anatomy. Wellstone, 46, is a veteran political organizer for liberal causes. In 1983 he was arrested for trespassing while participating in a farmers' protest, and he served as a state coordinator for Jesse Jackson's 1988 campaign. With an election budget only one-seventh the size of Boschwitz's war chest, Wellstone substituted wit and energy for heavy advertising. In one TV spot he raced through several issues in 30 seconds, explaining, "I don't have $6 million to spend, so I'm going to have to talk fast." His resume and tactics...