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...United States of America is an immigrant society, and has been since the beginnings of European settlement in the late 16th century. English, French, Spanish, Italians, Africans, Chinese, Japanese and everyone else have been carrying parts of their past, their inherited or remembered culture, into America for the past 400 years. As a result, American art tells the American story: Americans, like any other people, inscribe their histories, beliefs, attitudes, desires and dreams in the images they make...
...between then and now was a dose of political realism and a last-minute avalanche of projected cash that undid Democratic sticking points on Medicare caps, domestic spending and cost of living adjustments on Social Security. As recently as last Wednesday, nearly three months into the budget talks, a settlement was just within reach and just out of reach. Republicans wanted deeper tax cuts. The White House wanted more spending for education and children's health insurance. Offstage was a contingent of House Democrats who were worried that Clinton was cutting a deal they couldn't live with. The tension...
...resident of Buffalo, N.Y., an instant millionaire. It equals 40 years of profit for Exxon. But if it comes from the tobacco industry, well, for a growing number of folks $300 billion is a sum to sniff at. This is the nightmare that proponents of a sweeping congressional tobacco settlement most feared: a greedfest from plaintiffs' lawyers and the public now that tobacco executives have come to the bargaining table. Consider the state of Missouri, which so far has steered clear of the tobacco suits. "I expect us to get in," Governor Mel Carnahan says. Why now? If there...
While her ex-husband attempts to negotiate a settlement between the rebels and the government in Zaire, WINNIE MANDELA is striking a few deals of her own. South Africa's former First Lady is in money trouble, and having failed to sell an interview to any British or South African news outlets (asking price: almost $800,000), she's cashing in on the cachet of the humble house in Soweto that she shared with Mandela in the 1950s. But now that Soweto is a tourist destination, the garage has become a curio shop where you can pick up a small...
...sending a strong signal that U.S. envoy Dennis Ross better come armed with concrete proposals to move peace talks forward when he arrives in the Middle East Tuesday. In a none-to-subtle push to get the Clinton Administration to aggressively work with Benjamin Netanyahu on a peace settlement, Arafat told reporters he didn't think Ross would bring any new suggestions to the table. "Naturally, the Palestinians are hoping the Americans will come with a fairly aggressive and dynamic proposal which will break the deadlock," reports TIME's Scot MacLeod. "But since this hasn't happened in the past...