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June 29, 1992: Grapevine
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
June 29, 1992 The Other Side of Ross Perot
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 27
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<p>By JANICE CASTRO
</p>
<p> Bonner's Air Force
</p>
<p> As soon as he's finished battling Customs, Treasury, the
Department of Transportation, the Coast Guard and much of the
White House staff, Drug Enforcement Administration chief ROBERT
BONNER may want to begin circulating his resume. Bonner started
the fight with "Operation Granite," a new drug-interdiction
scheme he concocted for the Caribbean. Under a plan that one top
Administration source calls "remarkably stupid," DEA would base
10 Black Hawk helicopters in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic
for chasing down drug smugglers flying out of Colombia. One of
Bonner's targets: drugs being air-dropped to boats. Customs and
the Coast Guard objected, since they already operate large
interdiction forces in the Caribbean. Besides, the air drops are
declining, according to DEA information that agency chief Bonner
apparently did not note. Attorney General William Barr, though,
has been "slamming the table," say critics, in support of
Bonner. Barr may be Bonner's last line of defense. DEA agents,
who call their boss "Marco Polo" for his habit of official
travel to exotic climes, have been scratching their heads over
the plan. President Bush is expected to referee the squabble
this week.
</p>
<p> Not so Fast, Comrade
</p>
<p> Congress cheered when Boris Yeltsin promised last week
that "the idol of communism" has "collapsed, never to rise
again." But he'd better watch his back at home. Yeltsin's Vice
President, ALEXANDER RUTSKOI, a hero of the Afghan conflict,
openly opposes many of Yeltsin's reforms, derisively referring
to the Russian President's aides as "little boys in pink
shorts." Even as Yeltsin was meeting President Bush last week,
Andrei Sidelnikov, a top Rutskoi aide and fellow war hero, was
treating Washington to a different view, one thought to be
shared by Rutskoi. Said Sidelnikov: "I don't see why I should
give up the ideals of the party just because 100 or so people
betrayed communism. Before, we had beautiful movies, sport,
culture. And now what happens? All of our best people are going
to America. And what do we get? Prostitutes, criminals, the
Mafia."
</p>
<p> Breaking the Silence
</p>
<p> Ever since her searing experience during the Thomas
hearings, University of Oklahoma law professor ANITA HILL has
kept her own counsel for the most part. Not anymore. Beginning
in August, Hill will take a nine-month sabbatical to explore the
notion of founding (and funding) an institute to study racism
and sexism in the U.S. Meanwhile, on Oct. 16, Hill and
Georgetown University law professor Emma Jordan will convene a
one-day conference on "Race, Gender and Power in America." Hill
will take the mike as keynote speaker.
</p>
<p> Stop Me If You've Heard This
</p>
<p> Fallen Angel, a play about a rock band that is opening in
Chicago next month, features a memorable jailhouse scene in
which the young leader of the band visits his father, a
convicted financier. Perhaps the playwright, BILLY BOESKY,
understood the material all too well. His father, Ivan Boesky,
served two years (1988-90) for stock-trading crimes.
</p>
<p> Forward Spin
</p>
<p> CALIFORNIA SPLIT
</p>
<p> California is nearly broke, and may start paying workers
with IOUS. No wonder half the Californians in a new Young &
Rubicam survey say they'd be better off in another state. Look
for a new surge to Oregon and the Rockies.
</p>
<p> HEALING TRAVEL
</p>
<p> Banged-up vacationers who have grown weary of white-water
kayaking, dangling from cliffs and other trendy adventure trips
are now turning to spiritual vacations featuring meditation and
silence. Next: virtual-reality travel; you don't leave home at
all.
</p>
<p> LET THEM EAT HAKE
</p>
<p> Lloyd Bentsen said not long ago that George Bush must be
a real Texan because "he can rope, tie and brand a lobster with
the best of them." Now a New Jersey farming community has
discovered that its cows like to eat clams and other seafood.
Get ready for Bush Burgers: surf and turf all in one.
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