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...consequences of World War II were also ambiguous. It destroyed the Third Reich and the Empire of the Rising Sun, but it made possible Stalin's conquest of Eastern Europe and Mao's triumph in China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

...German (Alfred Edel) visits his renegade daughter in New York City and falls in with a liberated stripper (Annie Sprinkle, the porn star and performance artist). Monika Treut's rambling comedy could use more of the city's notorious juice and danger; her Manhattan is as drab as a Third World amusement park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Dec. 30, 1991 | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

...People need to be reminded constantly that this is not a parochial issue. It's not about one writer of Third World origin in trouble with a Third World power. The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event. This is not just about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Free Speech Is Life Itself: SALMAN RUSHDIE | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...America's wealth and power at the service of some vague New World Order; we will put America first." Buchanan believes that the U.S. has no business promoting democracy abroad now that the cold war is history. He wants to end direct foreign aid and curtail U.S. participation in the World Bank. Buchanan would rapidly withdraw all American ground forces from Europe. Some of the troops, he suggests, should be used to reinforce border patrols that intercept illegal immigrants from Mexico. As for legal immigration from Third World countries, Buchanan would curb that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics Can America First Bring Jobs Back? | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...false and misleading piece of propaganda illustrates little commitment to the current peace negotiations, let alone the quest for greater understanding and peace between all countries in the Middle East. Furthermore, the Zionism-is-Racism Resolution, a resolution which, incidentally, was passed by a nasty coalition of Communist and Third World dictators, compromises the integrity of the United Nations and discredits its participation in the current peace process as a disinterested, unbiased observer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SAS Flier Offends Jews | 12/17/1991 | See Source »

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