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...another twist in the drama that always seems to accompany her, Imelda Marcos was made a member of the Philippines House of Representatives today. Joyous supporters cheered the 65-year-old widow of the late Philippines dictator after she was sworn into office by Chief Justice Andres Narvasa, the judge who helped unseat her husband from the presidency in 1983 . Best known for her shoe collection, the former first lady -- who is free on bail while appealing a 24-year sentence for graft -- exploited her flair for the impossible by winning a three-way race to represent her native province...
Texas Senator Phil Gramm shared his views on affirmative action, saying, "When my hand comes off the Bible [after being sworn in as President], I will pick up a pen and by Executive Order overturn all minority quotas and set-asides in the Federal Government...
...downfall of the caste system is imminent, according to Singh, because many Indian political parties have "sworn the cause of social justice." However, Singh's outlook on the future of women in Indian society was far from optimistic...
...Foster shot himself in his car, on the White House grounds. Foster's body was found several miles away in the park. The White House employee, reports TIME's Suneel Rataan, is Helen Dickey, who was then Chelsea Clinton's babysitter. The White House has offered D'Amato a sworn statement from Dickey in which she describes learning of Foster's suicide late that night and discussing it with a state trooper at the Governor's mansion in Arkansas. Deputy Whitewater prosecutor John Bates said today that the investigation of Foster's death continues...
...best of times, it is the worst of times for police departments and the citizens they are sworn to protect. News of declines in the rates of violent crime nationwide has been drowned out by the sound of Mark Fuhrman's voice filling a Los Angeles courtroom--swaggering and all too believable as the former cop describes the brutalizing of suspects, fabrication of evidence and abuse of minorities. Although the O.J. Simpson jury will hear only two small snippets of the Fuhrman screed, to the rest of America the tapes provide a profane voice-over to real-life police corruption...