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If that is so, it could be bad news indeed for Chun and Roh at a time when their political scenario calls for nothing but happy headlines. South Korea is enjoying a period of spectacular economic growth, which has averaged about 8% annually over the past 20 years and is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: Under Siege | 6/29/1987 | See Source »

Other cities, like New York and Detroit, face a similar problem, but it is most acute in the Los Angeles area. Steep rentals and a dearth of public housing have combined with a surging population to push people into makeshift shelters. Some fear that, given the fact that poverty is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down And Out in L.A. | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

A devoted fan and a merciless editor can each make harsh demands on a writer. For Novelist Paul Sheldon, Stephen King's protagonist, both are lumped together in Annie Wilkes, "a woman full of tornadoes waiting to happen." Trapped in Annie's house, Sheldon finds her a skilled practitioner with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Jun. 8, 1987 | 6/8/1987 | See Source »

Nakasone attempted to disarm his critics by extending a few small olive branches. The Prime Minister said he had ordered the Finance Minister and the Bank of Japan to continue lowering interest rates to boost the Japanese economy and enable firms and consumers to buy more foreign products. The disclosure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Playing It Cool | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

In place of stirring rhetoric, Dukakis offers his own stewardship of a surging state economy that has transformed Massachusetts from industrial stagnation to New Age affluence. Dukakis has been refining this message of economic regeneration since he began nurturing dreams of the Oval Office after his landslide re-election victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marathon Man: Dukakis signs up for the race | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

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