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...instinct for contrast, Los Angeles voters pared a passel of 24 politicians vying to replace Mayor Tom Bradley and picked two polar opposites for the June 8 runoff. Venture capitalist Anglo Richard Riordan, 62, calls himself "tough enough to turn L.A. around." Liberal Asian-American city councilman Michael Woo, 41, vows to "build a multiethnic coalition." The campaign, predicted University of Southern California pundit Larry Berg, will be "a knock-down drag...
Despite the prospect of more revelations, reformers hope the referendum will usher in a new era of Italian politics -- even if its shape is still undefined. If, as widely expected, Segni announces formation of his own good- government party fresh from a referendum victory, his credibility might woo scandal-weary voters. However, it is unlikely he could put together an organization in time to benefit from the next elections, which could come as early as autumn. The populist Northern League led by Umberto Bossi has come on strong, but it must still extend its base of support beyond the northern...
...almost exclusively on a single, critical issue: how to change the damaging perception that the nation's Commander in Chief is at odds with his military. According to a White House insider, Crowe offered a two-pronged strategy for handling the balky Pentagon brass and disrespectful rank and file: woo them with charm, but keep them in line with a firm hand. More precisely, Clinton was told, Defense Secretary Les Aspin "has to get tough and make them salute...
Dissident Kim Young Sam, 65, marked his inauguration as South Korea's first civilian President in 31 years by blaming his predecessors for the country's woes. With outgoing President Roh Tae Woo and former military dictator Chun Doo Hwan standing behind him, Kim told a shivering crowd of 30,000 that "misconduct and corruption are the most terrifying enemies attacking the foundations of our society." The Democratic Party of his onetime ally Kim Dae Jung boycotted the ceremonies because the victor refused to apologize for personal attacks in last year's campaign...
...When I found out I was going to live in Cabot, I was pretty devastated," Woo says. "At the time, being 'Quaded' was the worst fate I could imagine...But now that I've experienced it here I would never think of transferring...