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Such sermons have galvanized the discontented in a country mired in political and economic chaos. Earlier this year, members of the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front issued a manifesto of civil disobedience and occupied sections of Algiers to protest electoral laws that they claimed were devised to deny them victory in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria : Searching for Salvation | 8/26/1991 | See Source »

UNTESTING, TESTING. In 1986, as a result of a lawsuit filed mostly by black parents, California banned the use of I.Q. tests to measure learning disabilities in black students on the grounds that they tended to be racially discriminatory. The upshot would have seemed quirky even in South Africa: the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Aug. 12, 1991 | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

Seven opposition groups have joined to protest the council's existence and urge that the old, suspended parliament be reinstated. Few Kuwaitis seem to care. By calling the council back, the Emir hoped to establish a nonthreatening channel for complaints. He has not been disappointed. Within days of the council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kuwait: Back to the Past | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

Israel can score some gains simply by going to the table. Most important would be its irrevocable recognition by the Arabs as a legitimate actor in the affairs of the Middle East. To carry out its role as cosponsor, the U.S.S.R. would also have to restore diplomatic relations with Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: What Are These Two Up To? | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

Leading the parade of pared-down regiments: the royal household's elite Life Guards, which sprang up in 1659 to restore Charles II to the throne; and the Blues and Royals, whose origins go back to the early empire. Scotland will see four famous regiments fused into two. The Queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Old Regiments Just Fade Away | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

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