Word: parts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fire Came to the Earth People (St. Martin's Press; $9.95) speaks of another kind of legend. The moon goddess Mawu, say the West Africans, wanted to keep fire for herself. The lion, panther, elephant and antelope vainly tried to persuade her to part with the secret. Then the chameleon had an idea. Straw was gathered and given to the tortoise. He sneaked it up to the sacred flame. The glowing embers were gathered under his shell and valorously brought home, safe forever from the jealousy of Mawu. The secret of Susan L. Roth's retelling lies in the strong...
...Part of the applicant deluge was attributed to nonmigrant aliens who failed to qualify for the stricter residency regulations in the amnesty program passed by Congress in 1986. The deadline for that program was last May 4. Many who could not meet the test apparently acted on rumors that INS was not checking documents thoroughly for the special agricultural amnesty...
...month Mother Jones, one of the country's last bastions of crusading left-wing journalism, will introduce a dramatic redesign aimed at attracting new readers. Earlier this year Ms. magazine, feminism's longtime standard- bearer, revamped itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal. Both magazines have turned in part to a sure-fire formula: celebrity journalism. The current cover of Ms. features a moody photo of Meryl Streep, while Mother Jones inaugurates its new look with seductive Susan Sarandon...
...lavish spending might seem foolhardy. But NBC executives were upbeat. The Games will begin in late July, they point out, when TV competition should be relatively light. (Because of the time difference, however, most events will be shown on tape rather than live.) What's more, NBC will recoup part of its investment by selling the rights for some events to cable. "We didn't go into this to lose money," said NBC president Robert Wright. Increasingly, in the high-stakes world of network TV, it just seems to work out that...
...Chase Manhattan, bankers were responding to what they see as a relatively tight credit policy on the part of the Federal Reserve Board. Under Chairman Alan Greenspan, the Fed has allowed rates to rise because of its concern that the economy is expanding fast enough to kindle inflation...