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...This is a historic moment in the party's history," Zirois said. "Pat's trying to rebuild the Reagan Coalition--it's an extension of what happened in 1994" when conservative Republicans captured both branches of Congress for the first time since 1947, he said...
...TOLD TERRENCE PAYNE, as he watched the wall of flames destroy his family business on April 29, 1992, that four years later his lot deep in the heart of South Central Los Angeles would still be empty, he would have refused to believe it. Payne figured he could rebuild the small grocery store and rental apartments, which had been in his family since 1944, within a year of the L.A. riots. But last week, when Payne met for the umpteenth time with the cadre of bankers and financial advisers trying to close the deal on his project, he was discouraged...
...wake of the 1992 riots there was a flurry of hopeful talk, a tidal wave of good intentions and a number of special programs set up to rebuild the neighborhoods hardest hit by fire and looting. Yet Payne has jumped through more hoops than a circus tiger, and still has not managed to cobble together the financing to rebuild and expand Taylor's Corner into a 16,000-sq.-ft. minimall, containing a full-service grocery store, a laundry and a real estate office. His journey through the system of public and private lenders has shown him that when...
...anarchy. TIME's Tammerlin Drummond reports: "It's going to be a pretty tall order for him because he does not enjoy the love of the people that Aristide did." The new president must try to lead a nation with 70 percent unemployment and no established political institutions. To rebuild the economy, Drummond reports, Preval is attempting to secure aid from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, hoping to attract manufacturing and assembly industries to employ low-skilled workers. With a crumbled infrastructure -- the capital has decrepit roads, nearly useless phones and spotty electrical service -- and a police...
MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, TIME HAS TAKEN a bold step against the lopsided media tide in selecting Newt Gingrich for the coveted title Man of the Year [Dec. 25-Jan. 1]. Your acknowledgment of his solid leadership and concentrated efforts to rebuild America, despite media backlash and potential damage to his political career, is admirable. Congratulations to Gingrich, who deserves the recognition. ANKA J. BULAICH Watsonville, California...