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...showdown is averted in this spat, another would come soon, and then another, until one shakes to the core the political relations between the two economic superpowers. "If there is maybe one more 'standard' deal, it will be the last one," predicts Clyde Prestowitz, president of the Economic Strategy Institute. Chalmers Johnson, president of the Japan Policy Research Institute, warns, "In the post-cold war period, at a time when security ties are no longer holding the two sides together, trade disputes could become a way of life." Some might reply that U.S.-Japanese trade disputes have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAUNCH OF AN ECONOMIC COLD WAR | 7/3/1995 | See Source »

...Carter's strongest convictions, and is an important part of her independent spirit. "I don't believe in God because of what I call my fascist youth--when I was in a boys' and girls' Christian group and we memorized as much of the Bible as we could and spat it back at our leaders. I feel like I was hypnotized for a while and anything you have to be put under a spell to believe in I can't agree with." For Carter, atheism has a lot to do with the way she has lived her life. "There...

Author: By Natasha H. Leland, | Title: Tracey L. Carter can barely sit still. She leans backwards over the Chair then swings back up to answer my questions. | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

...huff of the sex play with girls who look to be on the green side of puberty, though these trysts pack their own sick wallop. It's the throwaway brutality (the kids beating up a black man in the park), the notion that the world is there to be spat at or pissed on. In one of the lighter moments, Telly's pal Casper (Justin Pierce) dips a tampon in a red fruit drink, then sucks it dry. Still with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: FESTIVAL OF LOST CHILDREN | 6/5/1995 | See Source »

...SPAT OVER TAIWAN

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: MAY 21-27 | 6/5/1995 | See Source »

CONNIE CHUNG Spat with Rather over Oklahoma City brings the pair to its nadir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: May 8, 1995 | 5/8/1995 | See Source »

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