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Tracy Chapman is serious about her smile. She does not bestow it lightly. Laughter, the same story. She covers her mouth when she laughs, as though to hide the fact that she is tickled about something. "If there is some major misconception about me," she says very seriously, "it is that I'm always serious." And then, a brief smile...
...Muslim leaders hope to steer growing Islamic consciousness in the direction of tolerance, to allay Russian suspicions of Islam and to preserve a coherent structure of religious authority and order in the country. But they may be racing against time. Demographics are having their own influence on Soviet Islam. Though the Muslim nationalities make up just 19.2% of the Soviet population, they accounted for half the total population increase of the past decade. They are still growing at five times the rate of the remaining population...
Last week the boss capitulated. With just three weeks of the three-month suspension completed, Burke reinstated Rooney. "Painful though these events have been," said Burke in a press release, "we have all learned a great deal about how sensitive and fragile our society is . . . how deeply people and groups can be hurt if great care is not taken in conducting public discourse." Rooney was back on the air Sunday night with a comment about the controversy...
...campaign for Rooney's reinstatement was fierce. Hewitt even posted a memo at CBS headquarters blaming a dip in 60 Minutes' ratings on Rooney's absence. A much more important factor: last week ABC scheduled the hit show America's Funniest Home Videos opposite it. Though Burke did not elaborate on the reasons for his change of heart, Rooney was quick to attribute it to "the preponderance of public opinion." Says he: "It took a lot of courage to do what ((Burke's)) done...
...authority "essential to be effective in this process." At the same time, the Treasury Department is having trouble replacing M. Danny Wall, the head of the Office of Thrift Supervision, who oversees the surviving S&Ls. Wall resigned in December but has been asked to stay on, even though he was sharply criticized last year for giving overly generous Government guarantees to buyers of crippled...