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Thompson's welfare reforms, says Milwaukee political analyst Charles Sykes, reflect a "Germanic tradition ((that)) is progressive but based on a bedrock sense of responsibility." As minority floor leader in the state legislature from 1981 to 1986, Thompson was known as "Dr. No" because of his relentless partisanship. He reinforces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toughlove From Dr. No | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

The Mormons deserve much of the credit for Utah's economic vibrancy. Two- thirds of the population of 1.7 million belongs to the church, which has helped to shape the boom in both direct and indirect ways. In business terms, the church is an $8 billion-a-year conglomerate that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The West Mixing Business And Faith | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

Most important, Chamorro must free private businesses from the exorbitant taxes and arbitrary regulations begun under Somoza and extended under the Sandinistas. "Reform" will do little to alleviate Nicaragua's overall poverty if promised foreign aid reinforces the prerevolutionary maldistribution of wealth. If aid comes without a freer business climate...

Author: By Liam T. A. ford, | Title: Nicaragua's Smashed Glass | 4/13/1991 | See Source »

Finally, and most important, market yourselves as normal people who lead normal lives outside the bedroom. In other words, do not promote your sexual identity as wholly central to your individual character. Doing so only reinforces the impression of gays as perverted and licentious creatures. Posters should depict gays in...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Mind Your Manners | 4/9/1991 | See Source »

WAR FEVER by J.G. Ballard (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 182 pages; $18.95). Although he became known as a writer of science fiction, that term has never adequately defined J.G. Ballard, whose works include Empire of the Sun (1984), an autobiographical novel (he was born in Shanghai in 1930, to British parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spring Bouquet of Fiction | 3/25/1991 | See Source »

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