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January REN & STIMPY Mr. Jane Fonda "Time" magazine selects cable magnate and Atlanta Braves apologist Ted Turner as their "Man of the Year." Critics of the Rhett Butler- wannabe's selection point out that Time, Inc. owns millions in Turner's television stocks. By the way, it's about time to change the name to "Person of the Year." ► George Botch During a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Miyazawa in Tokyo, a confrontational George Bush barfs, then slumps beneath the table. The throw-up session of Jan. 8 is seen as an appro­ priate analogy to Bush's anemic visit to haggle over trade issues. Increasingly unpopular, George seems little more than a hapless lackey for the Big Three automakers who let him come along on their sojourn. The Bush fiasco ripples into a tense month of coarse racial statements thrown back and forth across the Pacific, punctuated by South Carolina Senator Ernest Rollings bigoted comment describing the atomic bombs as "made in America by illit­ erate Americans and tested in Japan." A Pro Choice At the beginning of a year promising stern Supreme Court challenge to Roe vs. Wade, the erudite Faye Wattleton resigns on Jan. 8 as president of Planned Parenthood after 14 years. ► Fundamental Rights A new Army-dominated ruling council in Algeria on Jan. 11 cancels a run-off election after an unexpected victory for the fundamen­ talist Islamic Salvation Front. ► Real People After reporters ask for the identities of the dis­ placed people mentioned in California Governor Pete Wilson's state of the state speech, the ruffled Wilson admits the stories are fabrications and the people simply compos­ ites. The same is said about his campaign promises. Peace Plan Following more than 12 years of civil war, the El Salvadoran government and the FMLN sign a formal peace treaty on Jan. 16. During the futile fighting which the U. S. helped exasper­ ate, a conservatively estimated 75,000 people died. 24