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...saddled with the legacy of Perez I. Many of those high- visibility projects that he unveiled in his first term have become rusted and potholed monuments to governmental incompetence. The reputation for corruption that many bureaucrats, businessmen, bankers, judges and journalists acquired back in the '70s and '80s now feeds cynicism and alienation in those sectors of society that are feeling the crunch of austerity. No longer able to afford expensive alternatives, the middle class has had to reacquaint itself with the inadequacies of public health and education...
...wonder Australia staggered out of the '80s with its self-confidence shaken. A furious debate is under way about the role of government in the economy; another looms over immigration. Multiculturalism is under attack, without a clear sense of what might replace it. Australia is suffering from "analysis paralysis," says Hirotaka Takeuchi, professor of international business and marketing at Tokyo's Hitotsubashi University -- and perhaps from a deeper doubt. Says Robert Manne, editor of Australia's conservative political magazine Quadrant: "Australians live on the periphery, of Asia and their own country. They are a long way from home...
...BOTTOM LINE: The most successful sitcom of the '80s makes a graceful exit...
...80s, Reagan blamed the country's woeson the "evil career women," said Faludi. UnderBush, the focus of blame has changed. "Now it iswelfare mothers who are said to be destroying thefabric of society and causing the deficit," shesaid...
...enough to make a difference in our lives. Wal-Mart's arrival ended all that. The second killing occurred in December 1990, when Wal-Mart closed its doors in Hearne. It closed because it couldn't turn a profit. Wal-Mart leaves an empty building as testimony to the '80s' greed, and it leaves a downtown of vacated shops as testimony to our rush to save a little money -- maybe not a very different kind of greed...