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...said Virginia Senator Charles S. Robb would run. (Despite the fact that Robb had a seven-year affair and hangs out with lots of people who snort cocaine.) Then it was John H. Sunni, the irascible chief of staff who was eventually fired because Bush couldn't find a single person who liked...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: What They Said in '91 About '92 | 1/8/1993 | See Source »

Very real indeed, but solvable still, the participants decided. Late Saturday, they cobbled together a deal allowing Denmark to opt out of major unified policies if it ratifies the treaty in a second vote. Negotiators also seemed headed toward a compromise on seven-year spending projections aimed at closing gaps in living standards among E.C. member countries. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl insisted that "the train to Europe will not be ( stopped." Perhaps not. But it is surely not running on time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Euro-Train Is Late | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

...recalls the first time he ever saw a guy being jumped out. "They made this guy walk through an alley filled with gang members," he says. "Aw, man, it was awful. That guy was unconscious after just a few feet." Hernandez doesn't shy from violence easily. In his seven-year career, he's been shot in the stomach, hit in the head with a railroad tie, had his arm broken in a fight, absorbed countless punches, and been jailed twice for auto theft -- not to mention all the unspeakable things he's done to other people. Last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Way Out | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

Next January Spain's seven-year E.C. transition period will be over, and the country will be forced to compete full throttle in a 340 million consumer market. For every businessman concerned that this will mean a foreign takeover of Spanish industry, another argues that Spain can muscle its way into the big leagues. In his Valencia porcelain factory, Jose Lladro offers his 2,300 employees, 85% of them women, an Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courts and Friday afternoons off. But the atmosphere is far from relaxed. Quality is rigidly controlled, and any worker who arrives six minutes late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Side of Spain's Fiesta | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

...Like royalty, she cannot go to a convenience store without being recognized and fussed over. In fact, the Observer has called her "the thinking man's Princess Di." There are still five years to go in her term of office and, if she wants, she can run for another seven-year stint. If she has her way -- and she is very determined -- she will leave her country better off than she found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Symbol Of The New Ireland: MARY ROBINSON | 6/29/1992 | See Source »

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