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<title>
May 25, 1992: Grapevine
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
May 25, 1992 Waiting For Perot
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 15
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<p>By JANICE CASTRO
</p>
<p> R.A.F. to U.S.A.F.: Gotcha!
</p>
<p> People in parts of Nevada and southern California have
noticed the loud sonic booms and strange pulsing noises for
months. Seismologists at Caltech have been picking up echoes of
extremely fast overflights heading east from Los Angeles. Now
Royal Air Force radar technicians at the NATO base in
Machrihanish, Scotland, have identified the cause of it all.
Officially, the U.S. Air Force is mum. But insiders say Lockheed
has been test-flying AURORA, the top-secret hypersonic U.S. spy
plane, code-named "Senior Citizen," which can fly at speeds
exceeding 4,000 m.p.h. That's about 90 min. from Washington to
Baghdad.
</p>
<p> Urban Renewal, L.A.-Style
</p>
<p> Some merchants in burned-out Los Angeles neighborhoods may
not be able to rebuild, even if they have the resources. They
need permits. Many Angelenos in the ravaged areas are expected
to oppose permits for so-called nuisance businesses: liquor
stores, pawn shops, auto-repair shops and cheap motels. Says one
gang member: "We were doing some renovation to the neighborhood.
There are too many liquor stores in our community."
</p>
<p> An Idea Whose Time Has Passed
</p>
<p> Now that the "evil empire" has collapsed, many U.S.
conservatives are eager to convert the Chinese to capitalism.
Their nostalgic solution: RADIO FREE CHINA. The project would
cost $110 million to launch and $34 million a year to operate.
Among its critics is Chinese dissident Nien Cheng, author of
Life and Death in Shanghai, the diary of her harsh 6 1/2-year
imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution. Cheng notes that
millions of Chinese are already devoted to Voice of America. And
the new service might "give hard-liners an excuse to crack down
on dissidents."
</p>
<p> Your Enemy Is My Enemy
</p>
<p> "Former KGB agent seeks employment in similar field. Tel:
Paris 1-442-506 . . ." When spies have to resort to classified
ads in French newspapers, times are clearly tough. Now 500 or
so former Soviet intelligence agents have decided to network.
Headed by onetime KGB Colonel Igor Prelin, the group has even
started its own publishing arm, called Intel. Among the projects
in the works: a memoir by a KGB agent who obtained American
nuclear secrets, and a book by another who had dealings with Lee
Harvey Oswald prior to November 1963.
</p>
<p> Let's Boogie
</p>
<p> Convinced that Harvard University's 32-year-old Let's Go
travel handbooks have grown a bit stodgy, students from the
University of California, Berkeley, are fanning out to describe
the world in their own funky Fodor's series, THE BERKELEY
GUIDES. The free-wheeling new guides offer warnings about
beaches that "suck" and restaurants that are "yucko." The guides
are printed on recycled paper with soy-based ink. Sniffs Pete
Deemer, publishing director of the Harvard series: "Theirs may
be more environmentally friendly, but ours won't get thrown out
as much."
</p>
<p> Forward Spin
</p>
<p> BABY, IT'S YOU
</p>
<p> Tim Robbins captured Hollywood as a baby mogul in Robert
Altman's The Player. Now he's skewering politics with Bob
Roberts. Possible next role: CEO, the selfless keeper of the
bottom line.
</p>
<p> GET ME AMTRAK
</p>
<p> Congressmen are fleeing Washington. Many career Capitol
Hill aides are also depressed and planning to quit. Look for
soft real estate values in northern Virginia.
</p>
<p> WORD WATCH
</p>
<p> Sam Skinner's staff planned "private time" on official
trips (for private things like playing golf). Over at Clinton
headquarters, frazzled aides talk about a scarcity of "face
time" -- opportunities to talk to the candidate in person. Next:
"ear time," those moments when the boss is actually listening.
</p>
<p> REALITY CHECK
</p>
<p> Rappers "sample," building songs on pieces of other
people's music. But with Gilbert O'Sullivan and others suing
over it, sampling is getting expensive. On their new albums, the
Beastie Boys and Ice-T feature actual musical instruments. Next
they'll be carrying a tune.
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