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...mastermind of this coalition. In simple terms, it meant guns and butter. Johnson figured that most Americans wouldn't want to fight the expensive battles for democracy. So to keep them in the Democratic-dominated, internationalist camp, he gave them goodies: expanded welfare, unemployment benefits, Medicare. And to woo Blacks into the coalition, civil rights legislation and eventually affirmative action...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: David Duke and the New Politics | 9/19/1991 | See Source »

...room inn will offer special introductory bargains as it trys to woo Harvard-affiliated visitors to Cambridge. The introductory rate for a room in the Inn will be $125 and there is already a lengthy waiting list for Commencement '92, according to General Manager Richard Carbone...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Daring to Be Bourgeois | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

...room inn will offer special introductory bargains as it trys to woo Harvard-affiliated visitors to Cambridge. The introductory rate for a room in the Inn will be $125 and there is already a lengthy waiting list for Commencement '92, according to General Manager Richard Carbone...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Daring to Be Bourgeois | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

...benefits of a massage or body scrub into their crowded business day. But the facilities cater to both sexes, and for rushed executives or work-out enthusiasts, they help unknot kinks and ease tensions. Corporations are joining the trend by rewarding employees with day- spa gift certificates; rather than woo clients over lunch at a chic restaurant, many businesswomen now treat them to a short stint at a day spa, where a la carte treatments replace the lengthy regimens at full-time facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Mud Treatments -- to Go | 7/22/1991 | See Source »

...treaty. All nations party to the pact, as 142 now are, must agree with the IAEA on terms for inspection of all their nuclear facilities. But North Korea, which signed the treaty in 1985, has never concluded a full-scope inspection pact, and South Korean President Roh Tae Woo charged last week that Pyongyang has tested nuclear detonators. South Africa, widely believed to have the Bomb, announced last week its intention to sign the treaty and will now have to open its facilities to inspection. Countries that do not sign the treaty on occasion agree to have the U.N. group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disarmament: How to Hide an A-Bomb | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

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