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...tremor was sent through U.S.-British relations when Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, was granted a 48- hour visa to visit New York City. There he attended a conference on Northern Ireland and met with groups of supporters. British officials, who opposed President Clinton's decision to allow Adams' visit, were angered that Adams had not explicitly called for an end to I.R.A. violence. Adams repeated his demand that British officials clarify their joint declaration with the Irish government, which promises the I.R.A. a seat at the negotiating table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week January 30-February 5 | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...budget than he did on 1994's a year ago, delegating greater authority and suffering many fewer leaks. "We're getting much better at diverting information from him," said an official. But others dispute these claims, saying little has changed. Last week a decision about whether to grant a visa to I.R.A. leader Gerry Adams was bumped up to Clinton when it might easily have been decided at lower levels. "There's been modest improvement, but I wouldn't make too much of it. We have a hard time deciding what not to take to him because he wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The State of BILL CLINTON | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...complied -- but not before promising to someday "return as President," presumably of Russia. His intended holiday finale was to have been an 18-day stay in Berlin. But the Zhirinovsky grand tour ground to a premature halt when German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel turned down his request for a visa, informing him that he was no longer welcome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello, I Must Be Going | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

Russian ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky was given 24 hours to leave Bulgaria after he called for President Zhelyu Zhelev's resignation. Zhirinovsky, whose far-right Liberal Democratic Party was the top vote getter in Russian parliamentary elections last month, was also denied a visa by Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week December 26-January 1 | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...sought to protect the status of illegals. The A.C.L.U. has consistently opposed any form of national employment-authoriza tion identity card, and the illegals' countrymen have helped pass ordinances in states such as California and New York making it unlawful for authorities to inquire about a person's visa status; until Governor Wilson's recent revocation of such ordinances by local communities in his state, San Francisco and other municipalities had declared themselves as sanctuaries for undocumented workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shadow of the Law | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

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