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Because De Maiziere played an important role in helping Kohl speed unification, many Germans feel a twinge of regret at his fall from grace. If he was an informant, De Maiziere would have been small fry in East Germany's maze of domestic spies. Yet even if he vindicates himself in court, he is likely to be permanently wounded by the allegations. And he will not be the last...
...cheeriest sentiment Americans could manage last week, as the country caroled, gift-wrapped and tinseled its way through the holidays in search of some deeper tidings of comfort and joy. For those with a global perspective, there is plenty to inspire gratitude this season: the country is not (yet) at war; there are families in Romania, Germany, Hungary and Czechoslovakia sharing the holidays in freedom and safety for the first time; Frank Sinatra just celebrated his 75th birthday. But try as they will to count blessings, many Americans who read the newspapers, check their bank statements or listen...
...Americans must scramble to cope with hard times and keep up their hopes that the recession turns out to be no worse than a moderate one. Yet the downturn could have a silver lining if it forces Americans to confront the legacy of 1980s-style borrowing and spending, which threatens to stifle growth for years to come. "We simply cannot go on doing business as usual in so intensely competitive a world," Sinai said. "This downturn may be a catalyst that will wake up the nation." If the recession does help inspire the U.S. to face its long-term economic...
...Irish cop? A Richmond ordinance struck down two years ago by the Supreme Court assigned 30% of city subcontracts to firms owned by minorities, defined as "Blacks, Spanish-speaking ((citizens)), Orientals, Indians, Eskimos or Aleuts." Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, is not known for its mistreatment of Eskimos. Yet under the law, Richmond would have had to prefer an Alaskan Eskimo to a local white in city contracting...
Pearl Harbor ignited Bush emotionally, though not yet intellectually. He enlisted and went off to the Pacific as a torpedo-bomber pilot. "It was good vs. evil," he says. "The evil was epitomized by Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito. There was never any second-guessing, never any rationalization about what we might have done differently." Bush was "quite aware" of the cold war. He talked about it with his father Prescott Bush, who was then a U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Bush met Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, the diplomat who riled the world by suggesting...