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...opponents have been clamoring for him to step down. In two of Zaire's most remote provinces, long-sputtering secessionist movements have burst into flames. But it is the full-scale rebellion now sweeping across five eastern provinces that seems most likely to bring Mobutu's rule to an abrupt and unceremonious conclusion...
...career journalist whose wit, flair and savoir vivre became personal trademarks, Bauby saw his fast-paced life come to an abrupt end on Dec. 8, 1995, with the stroke that left him paralyzed. Though Bauby was dependent on hospital staff and machinery for all his bodily functions, his brain remained unscathed. He soon discovered that the only muscle still under his control was his left eyelid. By telegraphing a series of blinks, Bauby let his nurses know that his mind was alive and well inside its immobile frame. They responded by reciting a special alphabet to him with the understanding...
...swell of growth spreading around the world mean that the American model is contagious? TIME's experts wouldn't go that far. Although generally optimistic about the short term, most of the panel members also cautioned that the current good news could still contain the seeds of its own abrupt...
Livingston's heart is set to be transplanted, and the body politic is feeling the knife. Last November the U.S. Postal Service rode into town with an abrupt announcement: the post office was leaving the central site it had occupied for 80 years, preferably for a car-friendly location amid the strip malls and burger joints out of town. "They met with us on a Tuesday," says stunned city-council member Caron Cooper. "On Wednesday there was an ad in the paper soliciting bids for land." Dan Glick, a community activist, is peeved: "Those people gave us more...
...ever expanding Star Wars universe, he signs off on all the various new projects--"They ask me if they can do a book where Yoda tap-dances, and I say yes or no." He claims he has no time to play the video games, and offers an abrupt "No comment" when asked if he reads the novels. Maybe he really is embarrassed by the demands of his creation's success...