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...Despite the government's wanton massacre in the main roads surrounding Tiananman Square of 200,000 protesters on Saturday, and the threat of further crackdowns, hundreds of thousands returned to the streets this week in one of the most courageous defiances of government authority the world has seen in recent years, proving that, ultimately, force can not destroy a people's deep yearning to be free...
HOWEVER, even though we are optimistic about the international scene and view Bush's recent arms proposals in a favorable light, we remain dismayed at the new president's inertia on the domestic front. For while taking an initial cautious approach may be prudent in matters of foreign policy, it seems ill-advised in matters of domestic policy that desperately need to be addressed. Granted, curtailing the drug epidemic in our cities or reducing the nation's budget deficit may not be exciting or dramatic, but they are as vital to America's future as any conventional arms agreements...
...critical moment in U.S.-Japan relations. Says an official in the Foreign Ministry: "We have a first-rate economy, a second-rate standard of living and third-rate politicians." But the Japanese are beginning to look for stronger leadership. Cultural anthropologist Masao Kunihiro says that during a recent lecture tour he found voters "increasingly becoming aware of international affairs"; eventually, he suggests, "they will choose more genuinely international minded politicians...
...their recent progress, the Japanese could do more to open their market and reduce the stubborn trade gap with the U.S. While the government has cleared the way for more imports of U.S. beef and citrus products, bans on purchases of American rice are being retained. Says a Japanese diplomat, in specific reference to a U.S. barrier: "We'll do rice when the U.S. does sugar...
More sensible work schedules could reduce such hazards. In a recent eleven- month experiment in Philadelphia, police were put on a revised rotation that meshed better with their innate clocks. The number of days worked consecutively was cut, and the officers were not moved from one shift to another as frequently. Police on the new schedule had 40% fewer patrol-car accidents than before, and their use of sleeping pills and alcohol dropped by half...