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...minutes to decide which of 700 pictures from Louis Farrakhan's controversial 1988 visit to Philadelphia to publish in the Daily Pennsylvanian. Working in TIME's picture department, Sutton has been combing through mountains of film each week to find the right images for such stories as a recent look at the plight of the world's refugees. In our New York bureau, David Muhlbaum of Middlebury College handles reporting on subjects as varied as the prospects for economic stability in Argentina and the consequences of posing for Playboy...
...party's disgrace did not disguise it. If Japanese analysts could not agree last week on the potential consequences of the voter backlash, they did concur on the causes of the L.D.P. rout. The vote amounted to a referendum on the party's arrogant and scandal-tainted performance in recent months. The downslide began with a bribery and influence-peddling scandal that forced the resignation of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita last April. The L.D.P. further alienated voters, especially women, by imposing a controversial 3% consumption tax. In agreeing to liberalize agricultural imports, the party angered farmers, long the chief pillar...
...outcome of the tax debate will be of keen interest to the newest force in Japanese politics: women. As traditional keepers of the household ledgers, women felt the pinch of the consumption tax most acutely. In the recent election, that issue galvanized them not only to throw their votes to the Socialists but also to enter the political arena in record numbers. Female candidates increased their numbers in the upper house from 23 to 33; they now account for 13% of the chamber's seats. Half of those elected were Socialists like Doi. The J.S.P. leader, however, downplayed her role...
...principal exponents of the opposing sides, Shamir and Arafat have more than occasionally been guilty of talking out of both sides of their mouth. Each has proved a master at sounding comparatively moderate to international listeners, but appealing to ancient strains of chauvinism when addressing their constituents. A recent sampler...
This unprecedented loosening of central authority is a bold but risky attempt by Gorbachev to deal with the surging tide of nationalism; he has had trouble riding that particular wave in recent months. While Baltic representatives acknowledged that their economies could not yet survive under full independence, some of the more extreme Baltic nationalists hope last week's action will ultimately lead to actual secession from the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet seems powerfully aware of the danger. Although the enabling laws granting autonomy to the republics will not be submitted to the Parliament until October, other aggrieved national groups...