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...attract evangelicals in this election. Dukakis can capitalize on the sleaze factor. Evangelicals would welcome a President promising to bring ethics back to Washington. "St. Dukakis," as his wife so fondly calls him, seems a lot cleaner than the Republican candidate, who is rumored to have had a long-term affair and has dealt with drug-dealing dictators...
Francois Mitterrand won a second seven-year term as France's President on Sunday, with 54% of the vote against Premier Jacques Chirac's 46%. The result was hardly startling after Mitterrand's strong showing in the first round of balloting on April 24, though the release of three French hostages in Lebanon last Wednesday seemed briefly to boost Chirac's chances. Chirac failed to capture enough supporters of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the ultra-rightist candidate, who fared surprisingly well in the initial round. On the eve of his triumph, Mitterrand, 71, outlined his plans for the second term...
...There was a lot of worried head scratching last week after Kennedy joined four other Justices in making a stunning announcement: next term the court will reconsider one of its major civil rights decisions. If it eventually decides to overturn the ruling, it would mark the first time in this century that the court has significantly narrowed its interpretation of a civil rights law. Even while cautioning that it was too soon to tell, court watchers were worried that conservative Justices had found in Kennedy the reliable fifth vote needed to forge a regular majority. "Is this the first decision...
...Just eleven months ago, widespread protests forced the Democratic Justice Party to accede to election reforms that put its continuation in power at risk. In December, with opposition forces deeply divided, voters kept the incumbent party in office after all, electing Roh Tae Woo, 55, to a five-year term as South Korea's President. Last week the same voters, in a somewhat different mood, presented Roh with a legislature controlled by the opposition...
...former three-term Congressman, Hance met with most of the attending ministers and exhorted them to limit production and boost the price of their crude, an activity that has earned him opprobrium in Washington and some appreciation in Texas. Said an Administration official: "It's his personal business. It's nothing we condone, but we can't stop him." Hance contended that he has no interest in any formal alliance with OPEC, but he added, "What they do here in Vienna has more effect on the Texan economy than what the ! state government does in Austin...