6 University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 15, 1992 $50 $50 MONO NATURAL WAY Natural Indoor Clothing 1. Natural Body Care Have you had mononucleosis within the last month? If so, your plasma could make a valuable contribution to research and earn you $50 at the same time. For additional details call Lawrence Donor Center at 749-5750 841-0100 820-822 Mass. SCHOOL • OFFICE • ART SUPPLIES SCHOOL SPECIALTY SUPPLY COLLEGE STUDENT DISCOUNT CARDS AVAILABLE 2108 W. 27TH, SUITE H PARK PLAZA RETAIL CENTER PHONE: 865-5071 JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL MASAO WADA discusses "JAPANESE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN: U.S. REPERCUSSION?" Centennial Room Kansas Union Monday, April 20 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by Society of East Asian Studies. Co-Sponsored by Center for East Asian Studies, East Asian Languages & Cultures, and School of Business. WASHINGTON — Democracy is an untidy business that has a way of upsetting the orderly plans of the White House. It has happened in Russia, Algeria and New Hampshire. The Associated Press Democracy sometimes takes unexpected turns Russian-style democracy is a running power struggle between President Boris Yeltsin and his parliament, with the U.S. government ultimately ignored in favor of Mikhail Gorbachev. Political chaos in Moscow is the current example of how democracy does not always work in predictable ways. Algeria was an equally striking case. The North African nation's first truly democratic election was nullified after a landslide victory by Islamic fundamentalists. Even at home, Bush had to endure a kick in the shins from New Hampshire Republicans. Angered by a sagging New England economy, GOP voters in the nation's first presidential primary gave Patrick Buchanan 37 percent of the vote, a showing strong enough to generate speculation that Bush was in political trouble. At least New Hampshire was domestic politics, an arena in which Bush could openly compete. Later primaries saw Buchanan's strength fade. Russia is another matter. First, democracy undermined Gorbachev's hold on power. A Western favorite, Gorbachev was unable to hold back the democratic tide represented by Yeltsin ANALYSIS The White House backed Gorbachev as long as it could — too long according to many critics — and viewed Yeltsin as an ill-mannered upstart. Now Yeltsin is the Washington favorite, his opponents warned by U.S. officials that they risk losing Western aid. It was unimaginable not long ago to see free-wheeling democratic debate in a nation subject to autocratic rule for centuries. Even less conceivable was that the United States could intervene in that debate and possibly influence the outcome. U. S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady was in Moscow on Monday and said the Russian lawmakers were jeopardizing a $24 billion aid package by taking steps backward in generating world confidence. Within 24 hours the crisis eased when the Congress of People's Deputies backed away from the confrontation and approved a resolution that Deltin's power intact for another three months. With U.S. help Yeltsin bought time, but the months ahead are likely to see new confrontations. Dig it Saving a low shot, Jeff Penn, Apple Valley, Minn., triaries, tries to bump the ball to Meredith Keroff, Deerfield, Ill., freshman, while playing volleyball yesterday afternoon at Robinson Center. American dream fades for young, poor families, report says The Associated Press WASHINGTON—The American dream may be vanishing for young families with children as they struggle to build a future and avoid the poverty becoming rampant among them, a Children's Defense Fund report said yesterday. Families headed by someone younger than 30 saw their inflation- adjusted median income drop by 32 percent between 1973 and 1990, and poverty among this group soared from 20 percent to 40 percent in the same period, the report said. By comparison, median income dropped 6 percent for older families and rose 11 percent for families without children over the same period, the report said. young Americans is frighteningly clear: Bearing and raising children may no longer be compatible with active pursuit of the American dream," said the report. "No society can convey this message for long if it hopes to survive and prosper." "The implicit message to many The report, "Vanishing Dreams: The Economic Flight of America's Young Families," said that many young families had been stymied in The report called for Bush and Congress to extend Medicaid coverage to all low-income children and pregnant women and to boost annual spending for Head Start, the preschool education program for poor children, from $1.4 billion to $2.3 billion. their struggle to establish a career and get a foothold in the job and housing markets. The Future Of Health Care In America A forum sponsored by KU Young Democrats Featuring: FEATURING: S. Graham Bailey: Blue Cross & Blue Shield Ray Davis: Health Service Administration Barbara Gibson: Kansas Commission on the Future of Health Care Dr. Robert Ohlin, M.D.: Lawrence Memorial Hospital r. 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