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Date: 30 June 1996
By Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer
The man at the center of Turkey's political earthquake is considerably less militant than he was 20 years ago, but he has not abandoned his Islamic and anti-Western beliefs. Necmettin Erbakan, the Islamic party leader who on Friday put together a coalition that made him Prime Minister of this resolutely secular country, has a grandfatherly manner and a broad, reassuring smile.
Date: 30 June 1996
By Edward A. Gargan
Edward Gargan
Above the 15th-century Gate of Heavenly Peace, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, hangs the portrait of a monster. An avuncular visage, with receding, swept-back hair, polished-apple cheeks and eyes gazing over the heads of onlookers, Mao Zedong looms over China's heart. Perhaps no man is responsible for as many deaths in this century as Mao. More than 50 million people starved to death in the vast famine he visited on his country in 1960 and 1961. And 30 years ago, fighting for his political life, he issued a stream of exhortations that led China into the Cultural Revolution -- 10 years of madness, forced labor, exile, countless suicides and millions of killings. As Mao sought to tear down the Communist Party he had built, he managed to savage Chinese society, to obliterate its culture, to turn student against teacher, friend against friend, children against parents, all in a frenzy of political hysteria and denunciations.
Date: 30 June 1996
Your photo issue should initiate a series. Every week the Magazine runs an article on language. Fine. But, more and more, the photo is becoming the lingua franca of our society. MELVIN E. LEVISON North Tarrytown, N.Y.
Date: 30 June 1996
With 100 years of photos from which to choose, those selected disproportionately represented the 1980's and 90's, reflecting a myopic preoccupation with contemporary events, celebrities and popular culture. You squandered the rare opportunity to illustrate the visual essence of a century.
Date: 30 June 1996
As part of my weekend morning ritual, I spent an hour with "100 Years of Pictures -- 1896-1996" (June 9), poring over the beautiful and historic photographs compiled by Kathy Ryan and the Magazine staff. The selection and presentation of these photos were worth much more than a thousand words. DAVID EULITT Lawrence, Kan.
Date: 30 June 1996
I scarcely recognized Eugene Richards from your description of him as a "chronicler of the grisly." Yes, some of his most powerful images depict, for example, drug users and emergency rooms. But to dwell upon these raw topics is to miss other, more celebratory, stories and to neglect the true focus of the photographs: the people within them. Whether he is photographing a new mother seconds after birth or a troubled addict moments before shooting up, he brings to the photograph a compassionate concern for the person before the camera. THOMAS GEARTY New York
Date: 29 June 1996
Dow Jones
Dow Jones
Springs Industries said yesterday that it would spend $71 million to close three factories in South Carolina while increasing production in other plants. Springs Industries, based in Fort Mill, S.C., a maker of towels, curtains and bedding, said it was consolidating its operations to improve manufacturing efficiency. The company said it would try to find other positions for the 850 people who work in the plants in Kershaw, Columbia and Anderson, which are to be closed by the end of the year. Springs said it has about 22,000 employees and operates 48 factories around the country. Springs stock jumped $3, to $50.25, on the New York Stock Exchange.
Date: 29 June 1996
AP
The Aluminum Company of America has offered early retirement incentives to 3,600 employees, or 5 percent of its work force, in an attempt to cut costs. The incentives offered in letters this week included two weeks of pay for every year of service at the world's largest aluminum producer. Alcoa, which is based in Pittsburgh and has about 72,000 employees, is trying to cut $300 million from administrative and sales costs, which total $1.2 billion a year. Shares of Alcoa slipped 37.5 cents yesterday, to $57.375, on the New York Stock Exchange.