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She is one of the few women on a campaign team dominated by white males and staffed by only 60 paid workers nationwide. While a spokesman concedes that the candidate's wife Shelley has a role limited to "taking care of the man running for office," Bay's presence looms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brother's Helper | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

A. Because they have nothing to live for, except their gang, their 'hood. They "claim their 'hood," -- pledge allegiance to their neighborhood gang -- and it becomes their whole world, their family. Their loyalty is fierce. The drive-bys are mostly "paybacks," revenge killings, sometimes for feuds that started before they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LEON BING: In The Brutal World of L.A.'s Toughest Gangs | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

Out of a total pledge of $5.2 billion, the U.S. has provided $3.5 billion in credit guarantees for grain shipments and $117 million in humanitarian aid, but has spent only $5 million of the $745 million it plans for technical assistance in the next two years. Bush has all along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Is the West Losing Russia? | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

Last week King Fahd finally introduced modest but significant political reforms. He extended the concept of shura (consultation) beyond the informal tradition of hearing petitions from private citizens. In an 83-article decree, he announced plans to establish a 60-member consultative council, and he also codified governmental protections of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia A Modest Step Forward | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

.On the economy: The government has piled up its two largest deficits ever on bush's watch : $269 billion in fiscal 1991 and an estimated $399 billion for fiscal 1992. The national debt will stand at nearly $4.6 trillion at the end of Bush's firs term. Bush also allowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REPUBLICANS | 3/10/1992 | See Source »

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