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...reviews. Once regarded as a mere puppet of the authorities in Hanoi, Hun Sen, 38, has emerged as a leader with a mind of his own. Whether by conviction or out of cynical self-interest, he has pursued reformist policies designed to repair his country's shattered economy as well as to endear him to skeptical citizens: the institution of land-tenure rights for farmers, the beginnings of a free-market economy and recognition of Buddhism as the state religion. While Hun Sen's cloudy history as a former member of the Khmer Rouge and his association with the Vietnamese...
...overwhelming. "Nowhere is it written," protested one, "that the U.S. should be the only destination of Soviets who want to emigrate." If embassy officials are defensive about the new procedures, they are also firm. To qualify as refugees, Soviets, like all other applicants, must prove that they have a "well-grounded fear" of persecution; those who succeed get an average of $7,500 in U.S. Government...
What could be more American than Good Humor ice cream? Or the 60-year-old fizz of Alka-Seltzer? Or the Thermos bottle? Well, these familiar trademarks now belong to someone else: the Dutch and the British, the West Germans and the Japanese, respectively. So do such U.S.-born corporate names as Smith Corona, Brooks Brothers and Pillsbury (all British); General Electric TV sets and home electronics (French); Wilson Sporting Goods (Finnish); and Carnation (Swiss). Last year foreign investors acquired nearly 400 U.S. businesses, worth a total of $60 billion. That was 61% more than the previous year and represented...
Some entertainment-industry observers suggested that Congress should challenge the Sony deal as well. For one thing, entertainment is the second largest U.S. export industry (aerospace is first). Moreover, Pat Choate, an economist and author of a forthcoming book on Japanese involvement in U.S. politics, sees Sony as a company that zealously lobbies for its own interests and stands to gain substantial influence over U.S. public opinion. Just as overseas firms are barred from owning U.S. television stations because of the potential for spreading propaganda, Choate notes, limits should perhaps be placed on foreign ownership of Hollywood studios...
Which is just the problem. The scenes with James Earl Jones were not just of motion-picture quality; they were virtually indistinguishable from a motion picture. TV news producers may well be capable of making docudramas as good as or better than Hollywood's; the question is whether they should. Journalists are in the business of conveying reality; re-enactments convert reality into something else -- something neater, more palatable, more conventionally "dramatic." Mental institutions are filled with raving loonies; murderers move in grainy, horrific slow motion; civil rights leaders look like James Earl Jones. There was no better drama...