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SEOUL. THE END OF THE COLD WAR IS PROVING TO BE A dangerous passage for all concerned: winners, losers and bystanders. Two years ago, Saddam Hussein concluded that the demise of the Soviet Union as a superpower had created a regional vacuum he could fill. The result was the invasion of Kuwait and Desert Storm. Last year a clique of Serbian Marxists tried to maintain its authority over other South Slavs who no longer needed Belgrade to protect them from Moscow. The result was the Balkan cataclysm...
Japan has developed a computerized vacuum cleaner that lets itself out of the closet and does the house, and a word processor that works under water. Nice, but how about a device that might let someone take a day off every so often...
...appearance of action. Yet even recent moderate moves by the United Nations have been sparked not by its own leadership, but rather by the dramatic trip of French president Francois Mitterand into warn-torn Sarajevo. The French, along with the Germans, seem to be trying to fill the vacuum of outside leadership that has characterized the fighting in Croatia and Bosnia...
While social-assistance programs have long been available to teenage mothers, little effort has gone into helping young fathers. The Responsive Fathers Program is one of a growing number of groups across the U.S. seeking to fill the vacuum. The programs try to help young unmarried men become better fathers, providers and mates through counseling services, particularly assistance in a job search. The 61 participants in the Philadelphia program, who range in age from 16 to 26, meet in group sessions once a week and discuss child rearing, self-esteem, male-female relationships and the job market. "The program helped...
...counter this brewing insurrection last week by dispatching campaign manager Fred Malek to Capitol Hill. Malek gave House Republicans an upbeat private briefing and a slick brochure trumpeting the President's accomplishments. But many G.O.P. lawmakers felt patronized and berated Malek and his campaign colleagues for the message "vacuum" that has allowed Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore to pull some 30 points ahead of Bush in the polls. Minnesota's Vin Weber said several of his colleagues sarcastically urged the Bush-Quayle campaign to stop "sitting on our lead." Meanwhile, some of Bush's conservative critics -- including columnists George...