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Despite plentiful skepticism within the company, Iacocca and Eaton downplayed any talk of possible friction. "I'm going to be the public-policy guy," says Iacocca. "He's coming back to the U.S. after a four-year absence when the culture has changed. I don't play elder statesman, but he needs my guidance for a while. He understands that. There's plenty of responsibility to go around." Concurs Eaton, who pulled into Chrysler headquarters in a new Jeep Grand Cherokee at 7:45 a.m. last Friday for his first full day on the job: "If there weren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Automobiles: Jockeying for Position | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...determine America's musical preferences. And what America currently prefers is country. Brooks now outsells Michael Jackson and Guns 'N Roses, country radio is trumping Top 40, and Nashville is churning out new stars so fast that Randy Travis' six years in the limelight qualify him as an elder statesman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Country Rocks | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

...penny-ante game" that mocked Boris Yeltsin's do-or-die bid to plant democracy in Russia and could raise a devastating political debate over "Who lost Russia?" A bit alarmed, Bush called Nixon, who was headed toward Washington to speak on the same subject. Nixon, now a world statesman, told Bush not to worry; he was talking beyond personalities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Blasts from the Past | 3/23/1992 | See Source »

...quality of the [American] statesman has gone down," Matsuyama said. "I'm afraid the mass media is partly to blame...

Author: By Michelle K. Hoffman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Japanese Journalist Speaks | 3/19/1992 | See Source »

...justify this near messianic rhetoric for long, Tsongas needs the pick-me- up of another dramatic victory, and next week's primary in Maryland, a state with a proven affection for low-key cerebral Democrats, remains his best shot. Tsongas' challenge is to show that he is an economic statesman with the courage to tell the truth to the American people, while painting Clinton as just another glad-handing Governor willing to pander to the voters with giveaways. That is why Tsongas, the candidate of pain -- both economic and personal -- zings Clinton over his advocacy of a middle-class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: Where Do They Go from Here? | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

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