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...better than their parents did. They are both fascinated and repelled by what they see. Says Donald Richie, an American critic who writes on contemporary Japanese culture: "Young people view America as a dangerous wilderness filled with freedom and adventure. Embracing America is a way of rebelling against the strict paternalistic society at home...
...federation is making sure that everyone will be driving a Volkswagen when the competition opens at La Plagne. It will be a very hot model to be sure, but new, strict standards have been set for sled dimensions, materials and design. Only slight room is left for the fine-tuning of aerodynamics. The Americans, who have won no medals since 1956, hope to have a tiny advantage with sleds created for them by a sculptor who used to design autos. But success this time depends mostly on the person in the driver's seat. Among the best: Germany's Rudolf...
...lower federal court upheld all portions of the law except the spousal- notification provision. But in the process it declared that abortion is no longer a fundamental right that requires courts to apply "strict scrutiny" to any restrictions that states might apply. If the Supreme Court endorses that view, it would send a signal to legislatures that even steeper obstacles to abortion might be acceptable so long as they can be justified by the easier standard of a "legislative rationale." Says Kathryn Kolbert, an A.C.L.U. lawyer who will argue the case before the court: "If states are given a green...
...course, Twinkies Lights are not strictly kosher, because they don't have the k or u sign indicating that the process was supervised by a rabbi. But I take it from your article, in which you wrote that you would eat the Twinkies if they took out the animal shortening, that you are not that strict...
...also wields the constitutional authority to dissolve parliament and declare a state of emergency. Should the fundamentalists achieve a two-thirds majority, they will have enough votes to force constitutional changes and override presidential vetoes. Jean Leca, a leading French expert on Algeria, warns that in such an event, strict social control and dictatorship are likely to follow. Other analysts predict that the military, which is committed to a modernizing, secular state, will thwart such ambitions...