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As he showed again just before leaving for the Soviet Union, Kohl has become increasingly adept at handling the spasms of angst about Germany. The immediate grievance was a statement by British Trade Minister Nicholas Ridley that the "uppity" Germans were plotting to take over Europe, and he would just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kohl Wins His Way | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

But Young is plenty black enough to scare rural whites, as he campaigns in the country towns trying to become the first black Governor elected in the Deep South. His urbane background and contacts, suspect qualities to some black activists, make him even more menacing to poor whites. He is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANDREW YOUNG: Georgia Is Much on His Mind | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

Get the picture, you uppity would-be reformers?

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Wisdom Dispensed From Mount Harvard's Peak | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

She refers to Ann Richards, who delivered a stinging critique of her husband at the Democratic National Convention, as "that woman." As for Ted Kennedy's famous "Where was George?" line, Barbara can only say, "He shouldn't even say George Bush's name." Though she has spent much of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Silver Fox | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

The meanness of George Bush's attacks coupled with the ineptitude of Michael Dukakis' campaign tends to obscure an important truth for the Democrats: the party is still doing penance for the 1960s. The code words like Willie Horton, the Pledge of Allegiance and the A.C.L.U., which the Republicans used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are The Democrats Cursed? | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

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