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...Hsin-liang, a contender in Taiwan's first presidential election, has come up with a campaign stunt that's hard to top: sailing into the path of a nuclear weapon. As a protest against China's widely-criticized plans to stage missile tests near its offshore rival, Hsu rented a fishing boat and headed for the test site 90 miles north of the island. "As a world superpower, China should try to resolve disputes by peaceful means, not by military threats," the opposition Democratic Progressive Party candidate said by telephone from the boat. Taiwan has perceived the tests, scheduled...
...admits that her release raises more questions than it answers. "Was it just a publicity stunt?" she asked TIME. "Or was it designed to get more investment from abroad? Was it merely a way to lighten international pressure, or was it really for the good of the nation for all of us to work together? I certainly hope it is the latter, but only time will tell." At the same time, she has been painstakingly cautious in her statements. She confessed to a natural affinity for the military because her father, Burmese nationalist hero Aung San, was a general...
...able to bring about what is good for the nation." Outside, members of her long-suppressed National League for Democracy were cutting back a six-year growth of grass and weeds. As for the precise reason for her release, the "Lady" could only speculate: "Was it just a publicity stunt, or was it designed to get more investment from abroad? Was it merely a way to lighten international pressure, or was it really for the good of the nation for all of us to work together? I certainly hope it is the latter, but only time will tell. Most people...
...work of an artist Bob Dole probably likes much more: PAUL SIMON. The singer-songwriter-ethnographer, who says he's "not generally a fan of musicals," is writing The CapeMan with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott and plans to bring it to Broadway next year. In a publicity stunt casting call last week, young a cappella groups competed in a doo-wop contest. The winners, TROY JACK, JAMAL REED, KEN MCKLENDON and JOEDI IMBERT, had the voices for Simon's musical but not the attitude. They want to give the $5,000 prize money to their churches...
Cambridge's then-mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, who was sitting on the stage as Graham stormed on, says he considers the rally little more than a publicity stunt...