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TO DEPART from the Huey Long fantasy for a moment, one might expect that some contemporary leader would have taken up Long's populist banner already, especially considering growing popular resentment of the widening rich-poor gap and the legacy of the "Reagan revolution."
Earthquakes frequently occur along the boundaries of continental plates, huge sections of the earth's crust that "float" on a mass of superheated rock. California's San Andreas Fault, for instance, marks the dividing line between the North American and Pacific plates, which are slowly slipping past each other. But...
Walesa, his longtime opponent and the only candidate so far to declare for the presidential elections likely to be held in December, has far less modest views of himself. But whether he will ultimately be able to shape Poland's fate any more than Jaruzelski did may depend less on...
The daily litany of problems seems all the starker now because of the feverish boosterism that characterized Koch's three terms as mayor. The 65- year-old Democrat lived and breathed New York, taking the pulse of the city through his own. "How'm I doin'?" was his constant question...
Few events on the calendar of perestroika had been invested with so much importance as the 28th Congress. It was supposed to mark the long-awaited - turning point, when reformers would finally seize control of party power from entrenched bureaucrats and release the brakes on radical change. Gorbachev would quit...