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- Apr. 05, 1993: O.K., He'll Stay
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Apr. 05, 1993 The Generation That Forgot God
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- GRAPEVINE, Page 13
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- <p>By CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY
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- <p>O.K., He'll Stay
- </p>
- <p> Colin Powell isn't going to retire early after all,
- despite a rocky first few months under President Clinton. In
- February he said he might vacate his position as Chairman of the
- Joint Chiefs of Staff "a month or two" early; now Powell has
- decided to finish his entire term, which ends on Sept. 30. Why
- the change of heart? If he resigns early, critics might claim
- the split between Powell and Clinton over gays in the military
- and other issues drove him out. Powell may be a military man,
- but he'd rather not leave office under a shower of flak.
- </p>
- <p>And the New N.A.A.C.P. Head Is...
- </p>
- <p> Which of these guests would make you stay up late to watch
- Nightline? Jesse Jackson? BEN CHAVIS? That's the dilemma the
- N.A.A.C.P. has in picking a new executive director--they have
- talented candidates, but only one marquee name. According to
- sources both on and close to the N.A.A.C.P. search committee,
- Jackson and Chavis (an official with the United Church of
- Christ) now head the short list for the top spot. A choice will
- be made April 9. It's a tough call: Chavis probably can't
- generate the kind of attention the N.A.A.C.P. needs, but the
- mediagenic Jackson may be too big for the job, since the
- N.A.A.C.P. is also considering weakening the powers of the post.
- For now, Chavis is the front runner.
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- <p>He Loves to Fly, and It Shows
- </p>
- <p> Hey, why let a $420 million national debt get you down?
- Last fall SAPARMURAD NIYAZOV, the President of Turkmenistan,
- wanted an official plane for a state visit to Beijing. Though
- his country is saddled with that substantial debt, and although
- at least one bank refused a request to finance the purchase,
- Turkmenistan still wound up buying a pricey Boeing 737-300 by
- tapping into a multimillion-dollar German bank account with its
- share of the former Soviet Union's oil and gas pipeline
- proceeds. The new plane's cost: $40 million.
- </p>
- <p>Beep, Beep. Bang, Bang.
- </p>
- <p> In Texas guns are pretty much the state flower. now it
- seems elements in the state may be exporting a new way to
- conceal some of that firepower: a holster that looks like a
- beeper. An internal San Francisco police bulletin warns cops to
- be wary of suspects using this product, available by mail order
- from Grand Prairie, Texas. An ad for the holster/beeper reads:
- "Fast. Safe. Discreet. Press button and front of case pops open
- and hinges down, allowing instant draw of gun."
- </p>
- <p>No Smoking. And That's an Order!
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- <p> Several months at sea without a smoke. It sounds like a
- nicotine addict's nightmare, but actually it's just the new
- Navy. In July the aircraft carrier THEODORE ROOSEVELT will
- become the first major ship to ban smoking entirely. Violators
- will face reprimands or other disciplinary actions. The good
- news: gum chewing, previously banned on the ship, will now be
- allowed. The Navy will also distribute nicotine patches and
- conduct on-board briefings on how to kick the habit. The Navy
- hopes to make its entire fleet smoke-free by the year 2000.
- </p>
- <p>Poetry in Motion
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- <p> Nobel prizewinning poet Derek Walcott is one of many
- big-name alumni converging on the University of the West Indies
- campus in Mona, Jamaica, April 14-18. The event is U.W.I.'s
- Gathering of Graduates, and the guest list includes the Prime
- Ministers of Jamaica, Barbados and St. Kitts. While in Jamaica,
- Walcott will be raising money for a new Caribbean-based
- international center promoting the arts and the study of
- economics. He will announce the project this week in Boston.
- </p>
- <p>This Buddha's for You
- </p>
- <p> In America people go to bars for a drink. In Japan they
- can now go to a bar for enlightenment. A new saloon has opened
- in Osaka featuring friendly conversation over a glass of sake
- with an on-premises Buddhist priest. Patronage has been steady,
- with discussion topics ranging from personal problems to
- Japanese political scandals. The bar is the brainchild of an
- ex-bar owner named Manabu Yoshida and Fumihiko Kiyoshi, a
- Buddhist priest whose sect emphasizes preaching. The two bill
- their venture as "a temple that is in harmony with our age."
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