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Fastest Rush to the Mainstream Rap music began as something def from the ghetto, got sanitized by b-boys like M.C. Hammer and Vanilla Ice, and quickly became a we're-so-hip cliche even on TV commercials. As they say, it's not comin' correct...
Worst Talk-Show Host Saddam Hussein paraded his hostages before cameras for propaganda purposes, and as he smiled and stroked children's heads, made John Davidson look like Mr. Sincerity...
Moreover, the idea that affirmative action is just a temporary remedy is a fraud. With every new civil rights act, like the one just attempted and soon to be reintroduced in the 102nd Congress, ethnic quotas and race consciousness become more deeply woven into American life. The current uproar over race- based college scholarships reminds us just how divisive the issue...
...national separatists and proponents of a law-and-order crackdown; the splits had become too deep and envenomed for that. And Shevardnadze tossed in a warning of what might happen if Gorbachev finally came down on the side of the authoritarians. "No one knows what this dictatorship will be like," he said, "what kind of dictator will come to power and what order will be established." That sounded like a warning that the hard-liners could easily push Gorbachev aside after using him to establish their power...
...keep Saddam guessing. Countered a U.N. diplomat: "When an official states publicly that something is disinformation, that's when you know it is not." Meanwhile, White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater told reporters that "what ((Waller)) really said is they might not be as ready as they would like...