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THIS IS NOT to say that there are no good ideas in the commission report. It is strongest when it emphasizes the family--the real American family, and not the Republican fantasy of the wage-earning husband with the wife who stays at home with the kids, the dog and the Cuisinart. This results in the report advocating a more flexible workplace, pro-family tax reform, and greater income security, especially for child support...
...shifting sands of the stock market, Larry Tisch has for decades inspired awe as an uncannily successful investor. He is cautious where others are carefree, daring while others are timid. In corporate boardrooms across the U.S., Tisch is known and feared as a tough negotiator who will disarm his strongest adversary and tenaciously protect his investments. To his 22,000 employees, the name Tisch is synonymous with an unerring ability to control any cost, expose any extravagance. From such talents a fortune has been forged: along with his brother, Loews President Preston Robert (Bob) Tisch, Larry has amassed a tidy...
That's why even (or especially) diehard Sox fans viewing this year's pennant race totter in the volatile area between grim cynicism and disbelieving joy as the BoSox strengthen their hold on baseball's strongest division. Trusting a team that's hurt you is difficult. Boston fans should know not to excite themselves over silly little 13-game leads, like the one the Sox blew eight years...
Mengistu has had more success against the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, the largest and strongest rebel force. More than 50,000 Ethiopian troops used tanks and dense air cover late last year to drive the Eritreans back to their stronghold in the war-ravaged town of Nakfa. The two sides are now stalemated. While the Ethiopians are wary of attacking Nakfa's warren of artillery-guarded trenches and barbed wire, the 25,000 guerrillas and their dependents must live an underground existence, though they have built an impressive infrastructure of schools, hospitals and farms...
...remove U.S. leverage in South Africa but devastate much of southern Africa. In June, however, the House overwhelmingly voted to clamp a comprehensive trade embargo on South African products and force all U.S. companies to withdraw from the embattled country within six months. Last week the Senate delivered its strongest gesture of impatience yet. Only hours before the body recessed for the holiday weekend, Republican Senator Nancy Kassebaum introduced a bill that would ban all new U.S. loans and investments in South Africa. Said she: "The government of South Africa has become so intransigent that our policies appear...