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Is House Speaker Tom Foley offering more than just moral support for a Dick Gephardt presidential run? Last week the Missouri Congressman got a surprise boost from Foley, who said he "would have no objection or concern about" the majority leader retaining his House post while making a bid for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gephardt's Head Cheerleader | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

It is only human nature to wish for the best, to recoil from the prospect of massive cost and suffering. In this instance, optimism was further fueled by vivid memories of the two-month war in the Falklands, the nine-day conquest of Grenada and the 14-day ousting of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perceptions: Sorting Out the Mixed Signals | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

The budget is an attempt to mollify the restive right, whose members are still steamed about the way Bush orphaned his "no new taxes" pledge last year. Darman met nearly a dozen times in recent weeks with House Republicans and included in the budget a number of items -- enterprise zones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time For Tough Choices | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

Paramount ranked second to Disney in box-office share but was the first to take the budget-pruning pledge after suffering several embarrassing stiffs. Godfather III, which cost at least $55 million, started strong but sagged after several weeks. All told, Paramount has had to lower the estimated asset values...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Wonders | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

What a difference a year makes. Exactly 12 months ago, President F.W. de Klerk stunned his country by opening Parliament with a pledge to legalize the militantly antiapartheid African National Congress and release A.N.C. leader Nelson Mandela from jail. With those milestones behind him, De Klerk surpassed expectations again last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Twilight Of Apartheid | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

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