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Economically, a nation that once prided itself on a way of life superior to its neighbors' now stands in relation to Asia, particularly Japan, as a colony to a mother country. It imports money and equipment and sends back minerals and farm products. Welfare-state labor costs also stifle competition with hard-driving Asian exporters in manufactured goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia Slaughter Down Under | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...motion filed Dec. 17, Boston attorney Lee S. MacPhee argued that news articles about the case have biased potential jurors' minds, making a fair trial here impossible. He asked Suffolk Superior Court Judge Malcolm Graham to shift the case to Franklin, Hampshire or Berkshire County, or to bring a jury from one of those counties to Boston to hear the case...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Social Club Wants Trial Moved | 1/4/1991 | See Source »

...main offerings are credible. The corned beef, although a slightly different color than the fare I serve, is authentic enough. The pastrami is far superior to the greasy junk HDS likes to serve on a "bulkie roll...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Even the Idea is Good | 12/12/1990 | See Source »

...unless the Iraqi troops collapsed quickly and began surrendering en ( masse, allied infantry and armor would have to go on the attack. On paper the ratios seem extremely unfavorable. Conventional military wisdom is that attackers should have a 3-to-1 superiority in numbers to blast defenders out of well-entrenched positions; in Kuwait and Iraq the numbers would be only equal. American tanks would actually be outnumbered 3-to-1 by Iraqi armor, though the numbers of heavy tanks would be approximately even, and the American M1 Abrams is thought to be superior in speed, maneuverability and firepower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kuwait: If War Begins | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...behaviors shape their future relationships and lives. This insight is not foreign to traditional psychotherapy. But unlike traditionalists, believers in codependence -- and the Anonymous philosophy -- enlist a democratic and emotional revivalism to uncover an individual's secrets. This populist alternative rejects the relationship between the weak patient and the superior, distant doctor or therapist. "We're talking about a group of people like myself who bottomed out so badly that we didn't have the time to waste on things like penis envy, Oedipus complexes -- however you pronounce it," laughs Beattie. "We were ready for some real basic stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MELODY BEATTIE: Taking Care of Herself | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

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