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<text id=89TT0233>
<title>
Jan. 23, 1989: Grapevine
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Jan. 23, 1989 Barbara Bush:The Silver Fox
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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WORLD, Page 39
GRAPEVINE
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<p> MANUEL SLEPT HERE. In fear of an assassination plot,
Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega has ordered a
security check of his inner circle, and no longer sleeps in the
same bed two nights in a row. Afraid of being poisoned, he has
many of his meals prepared by Norma Amado, a close adviser.
Amado happens to be the mother of Noriega's mistress, which
suggests that if the dictator ever has a lover's quarrel, he
may want to consider eating out that night.
</p>
<p> OH, NOT HIM AGAIN! Guess who the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee has asked to address its national
convention in Washington in April? Hint: he wears a kaffiyeh,
seems to like traveling and was refused a U.S. visa last
November, when the U.N. invited him to speak. Yasser Arafat,
who last week accepted the latest invite, plans to reapply for
a visa. But will he get it this time? Though Arafat has since
met U.S. conditions for dealing with the P.L.O., the incoming
Bush Administration is certain to draw fire whether it approves
or rejects the visa request.
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<p> CULTURE SHOCK. Japanese companies are using cheap labor
along the U.S.-Mexican border to turn out everything from car
parts to stereos. Problem is, the Japanese supervisors and
their families are homesick. So in El Paso the firms opened a
Japanese restaurant and a math school for Japanese children.
Most locals still prefer Tex-Mex to sushi, but some El Paso
mothers are wondering aloud how they can enroll their kids in
the Japanese classroom.
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<p> TURNING THE CHAIRS. The French diplomat was baffled when
Morocco's King Hassan II, a longtime friend, initially gave him a
frosty reception in Rabat recently. As it turns out, the problem
began when French President Francois Mitterrand visited the
palace for a tete-a-tete with Hassan not long before. Mitterrand
plunked himself down on an ornate divan, haughtily assuming it
was meant for him rather than his royal host. Forced to pull up
the simple straight-backed chair reserved for visitors, the
monarch exacted his revenge on the French envoy.
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