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...surplus -- that Nakasone will present during his visit. The measures involve sustained efforts to boost Japanese consumer demand and thus imports. Japan also plans to encourage the lending of perhaps as much as $30 billion to Third World debtor nations. The prospect of the changes, however, did nothing to strengthen the U.S. dollar: last week it fell below 140 yen for the first time in more than 35 years...
...absence of fear, of fear that cripples movement and restricts freedom, is worth fighting for. We strengthen ourselves by asserting our unassailable right to live lives untouched by threat of violence, even if a nighttime march will not achieve safe streets, even if the night cannot yet be taken back...
...effort in full swing last week, moderate Rebel Leader Alfonso Robelo said he would not seek re-election to the directorate of the United Nicaraguan Opposition, the umbrella group that oversees contra operations. Robelo's move, coupled with last month's resignation of fellow Moderate Arturo Cruz, could greatly strengthen the political role of Adolfo Calero, leader of the main contra military organization, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force. Amid the swirling political crosscurrents, TIME Correspondent Ricardo Chavira visited several contra bases last week in Nicaragua. His report...
Other experts believe that Gorbachev is eager for a deal primarily because it would strengthen his hand against opponents of his economic and cultural reforms within the U.S.S.R. Gorbachev, says Cesare Merlini, president of the Institute for International Affairs in Rome, is thinking mostly of winning the "power struggle within the Kremlin...
Education Department officials say that in an era of constricted fiscal resources, what the always entertaining Bennett has labeled "our greedy colleges" should take a backseat to funds to strengthen primary and secondary schools. Administration officials also maintain that since students who receive college degrees almost certainly will make more money than those who don't, there is no need to shed tears for students who take out loans to pay for college...