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Malinowski, 54, trained as an economist, has been leader of the Peasant Party since 1981 and in the previous term of the parliament served as speaker of the Sejm...
...hasn't given us any reason yet to think that he can compete with the scandals of previous GOP presidents. But, as any political observer will tell you, appearances sure ain't the same as reality in politics--if there is such a thing as reality in politics...
...defense contractors have coped with periodic downturns in Pentagon spending by boosting their military exports. But that is no longer an easy market. Last year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, global arms imports totaled $34 billion in constant 1985 dollars, a 14% decline from the previous year. Among the reasons: the winding down of regional conflicts like the Iran-Iraq war, reduced oil prices and fewer petrodollars for military customers in the Middle East, and a falloff in Third World purchasing power caused by high debt levels...
Three years ago Robert Benson, 42, a white meatpacker in Kansas City, married Priscilla Johnney, 46, a black nurse. She has six children from a previous marriage and cares for three handicapped foster children, two white and one black...
...might as well sell tickets." So on a typical evening recently, while going through his personal pregame drill, he eyeballed the stands. "Looks like around 25,000 tonight," he estimated. That's the number the club needed to break 1 million in attendance, a milestone that came later in previous seasons. Later the gate was announced: 26,244. Though the Rangers < were losing a close game, the new owner beamed. "I like selling tickets," says Bush the businessman. "There are a lot of parallels between baseball and politics," says Bush, the once and future politician...