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- Nov. 30, 1992: Grapevine
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Nov. 30, 1992 Windsor: A House Dividing
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 17
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- <p>By JANICE CASTRO
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- <p> They Just Don't Get It
- </p>
- <p> Women have gained hard-won ground in the Senate this year,
- boosting their numbers from two to six. But the Senate clerk's
- office is still pretty slow on the uptake. When CAROL MOSELEY
- BRAUN, the newly elected Senator from Illinois, stopped by to
- get her photo I.D., her picture was snapped and for some reason
- she was handed a card emblazoned SPOUSE. The amused Senator
- handed it back, murmuring "Try again."
- </p>
- <p> Move Over, M.B.A.s
- </p>
- <p> A growing number of spies in the U.S. are specializing in
- stealing business information. Operatives from Russia, China,
- Vietnam and Cuba have been joined by agents from Japan, Western
- Europe, the Arab nations and several other countries. The FBI
- also reports that onetime KGB operatives are going into joint
- ventures with Western companies. It is not clear in many cases
- whether they are seeking cover to steal classified information
- or simply trying to learn the tricks of the commercial trade.
- Says Wayne Gilbert, chief of FBI counter intelligence: "They're
- used to dealing in the international community, so they make
- very desirable employees."
- </p>
- <p> Threatening a Letter
- </p>
- <p> President Bush's desire to speed up normalization of
- relations with Vietnam hit a snag just before Senator John
- Kerry's delegation left for Hanoi. Kerry was going to deliver
- a letter to the Vietnamese all but lifting the economic embargo.
- But ANN MILLS GRIFFITHS, executive director of the National
- League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in
- Southeast Asia, threatened to go very public with her opposition
- on the eve of the mission. Griffiths objects to normalizing
- relations before a fuller accounting of American prisoners and
- casualties is made. The White House backed down, substituting
- an innocuous letter of greeting.
- </p>
- <p> Now, That's Networking
- </p>
- <p> When Chelsea Clinton realized that her dad had won the
- election, she burst into tears. She was happy for him, but after
- all, any teenager might be apprehensive about moving into the
- White House. You can't wander off to the mall. And you never
- know when somebody's going to snap a picture, no matter how
- gross you feel. Chelsea felt that only one person could truly
- understand the pressures she is facing. So she talked it over
- with AMY CARTER, now 25, who was just nine when her father was
- elected. Clinton aides say one of Chelsea's greatest concerns
- is that Secret Service agents will shadow her everywhere she
- goes.
- </p>
- <p> Cat Counseling
- </p>
- <p> Living in The White House may also crimp the style of
- First Cat-elect SOCKS. Katherine Houpt, a Cornell University
- animal psychologist, advises Socks to look out for Rose Garden
- squirrels, which could have rabies. It might also be a good idea
- to skip those State dinners: they're full of nosy visitors who
- want to pick you up and scratch your head. And no matter how
- rough it gets, don't take off for Little Rock. It's 891 miles
- -- roughly 23 million kitty steps -- from your new home.
- </p>
- <p> FORWARD SPIN
- </p>
- <p> ARMED AND DEXTEROUS
- </p>
- <p> Does the N.R.A. know about this? One Tex-Mex place
- features waitresses who shoot tequila and mixers from little
- pistols. Now waiters in elegant eateries are wielding pepper
- guns. Watch out for coffee, tea and wine guns. And duck.
- </p>
- <p> VET WATCH
- </p>
- <p> The latest gimmick at veterinary offices is sophisticated
- dentistry: cats under anesthesia getting their teeth cleaned,
- dogs even getting braces. Face-lifts can't be far behind.
- </p>
- <p> FREUDIAN COOL
- </p>
- <p> Infantilism is in. The hot new grade-school fashion
- hitting the streets is pacifier necklaces. Rock musicians are
- beginning to wear them. Anytime now, Tiffany will be offering
- 24-karat suckers.
- </p>
- <p> SENTIMENTAL HEROES
- </p>
- <p> Superman is dead; comics buyers are lining up around the
- block. Malcolm X has found a huge new following years after his
- death. And then there's the new heartthrob, Dracula. What's a
- normal living guy to do?
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