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...look at Gorbachev somewhat this way: I see him as a troika. I seem him first as a communist. Second, he's a Russian nationalist. Maybe we should say he's proud of his country; he's a patriot. His purpose is not to abandon communism but to save it. But he also has another facet, which at times overrides the other two, that he is a great, pragmatic politician. And as a pragmatic politician, he sometimes will overrule even his basic communist instincts, or even his national instincts, in the event that his political survival requires...
Educated at the Huguenots' Gray Cloister High School in Berlin, where he studied the viola, De Maiziere had to abandon his musical career when he developed a neural impairment in his left arm. He then took up legal studies and eventually became known for his defense of conscientious objectors and other dissidents. Slight of build and speaking with a soft lisp, De Maiziere, 50, is a religious man who has never demonstrated an appetite for public life. But he answered the call when he was asked last fall to cleanse the CDU of the stigma it bore from decades...
...greatest fear in Bishop, as in many small towns, is that Greyhound may decide to abandon it altogether. The company has proposed dropping the money- losing route several times in the past but withdrew its plans in the face of local opposition. Should the strike continue, Greyhound may be more inclined than ever to close its Bishop depot once and for all, leaving travelers like Teddy Burkhalter trapped in town. The 89-year-old great- grandmother spends up to four months each year gallivanting by bus everywhere from Vancouver to Miami. Says she about a Greyhound-free Bishop: "Perish...
...gender discrimination is pervasive in the business world, and difficult to prove. But does Schkolnick really think that her admission to the Fly Club would be her ticket into the old-boy network? And even if the Fly Club shuts down, will its old boy alumni suddenly abandon their preference for upscale white males...
Many physicians still deride mind-body therapies as something akin to quackery. Some fear that patients may abandon standard treatment to try unproved therapies. Doctors are also concerned that patients may blame themselves for not being able to control illness. "It is enough to have a diagnosis of cancer," says Dr. Jimmie Holland, chief of psychiatry at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. "It is too much to be told you caused the damn thing...