  Nearly-logarithmic decay of correlations, which was observed for several
supercooled liquids in optical-Kerr-effect experiments [G. Hinze et al. Phys.
Rev. Lett. 84, 2437(2000), H. Cang et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 197401 (2003)],
is explained within the mode-coupling theory for ideal glass transitions as
manifestation of the $\beta$-peak phenomenon. A schematic model, which
describes the dynamics by only two correlators, one referring to density
fluctuations and the other to the reorientational fluctuations of the
molecules, yields for strong rotation-translation coupling response functions
in agreement with those measured for benzophenone and Salol for the time
interval extending from 2 picoseconds to about 20 and 200 nanoseconds,
respectively.
