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...same time, says Keating, the bombing and its aftermath have "changed the way Oklahoma looks at itself. All Oklahomans take great pride in the way we handled the tragedy.'' The magnificent rescue mission by Oklahoma, the nation's sixth poorest state, with a public image stuck somewhere in the Dust Bowl era, "showed how people should care for one another,'' he says. "Out of this unbelievable evil, good flowed...
...military on Okinawa, 2,937 are refusing to renew their leases, affecting about 10 percent of the land. The landowners have the support of local authorities, including Okinawa's governor, Masahide Ota. Ota claims the bases, which monopolize the best land on the island, have kept Okinawa the poorest region in Japan. Hashimoto has signed papers forcing Chibana to renew his lease, but until the renewal process is completed -- a task that could take weeks -- the U.S. military is technically trespassing on Chibana's land...
...AMERICAN CAMpaigns is watching politicians reinvent themselves. Wealthy political outsider Steve Forbes [NATION, Jan. 29], while not having to reinvent himself, has reinvented the flat tax, an idea brought back to life by Jerry Brown during the 1992 presidential race. Forbes proposes to give every American, from the very poorest to the very richest, a tax break. Where will he get the revenue to run America? By taxing corporations. What a wonderful idea! Tax powerful companies, and give the money to everyone. Why is this rich, conservative Republican touting such a liberal idea? RANDY ROBERTS Raleigh, North Carolina...
...political support within the country, he is nagged by the notion that he is warming the presidential chair for a glorious return four years from now by Aristide, who may not succeed himself under Haiti's constitution, but can run again later. The problems of the western hemisphere's poorest nation will not wait for the millennium, though, and it looks as though Preval has about three months to return Haiti from the brink of anarchy. TIME's Tammerlin Drummond reports: "It's going to be a pretty tall order for him because he does not enjoy the love...
...poorest compliance rates were in Central Square, where almost 43 percent of retailers violated city regulations, according to Andersen...