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Although in most cases the Soviets seemed remarkably adept at cutting red tape to get foreign disaster teams into Armenia, unexplained tie-ups cost time and possibly lives. Baxter International Inc. of Deerfield, Ill., assembled a flying medical lab, including 20 special dialysis machines to treat victims of crush syndrome whose kidneys had been affected, but four days passed before visas arrived. A Japanese offer to send an earthquake rescue team was rejected without explanation, as was a Turkish proposal to send helicopters and cranes. An American plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Claude Frechette, who arrived shortly after the earthquake, says...
...course. Having completed the Salterton and Deptford trilogies, Davies, 75, is by now adept at welcoming latecomers to his entertainments and making them feel right at home. He gracefully provides enough information about what has happened in the two preceding novels to keep everyone, including forgetful fans, up to speed. But he is also solicitous toward those who have been present and paying attention from the beginning; the plot and characters of The Lyre of Orpheus gain resonances from the earlier books that only initiates will hear...
...Spain, too, the Socialists have not permitted the right to corner the nationalist market. Having taken Spain into the Economic Community, Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez has demonstrated that the adept use of anti- Americanism (e.g., kicking a U.S. air wing out of Spain) is an excellent way to shore up nationalist credentials and retain popularity...
...spotlight will be guard Mike Gielen, who will be the team's co-captain for the second-consecutive season. An adept ball-handler and strong defensive player, Gielen sets the tempo for the team...
...does Bush have a keen intellect or a mind that is adept at placing events and challenges within a conceptual framework. He is smart and dogged in sorting through information, but he has never been known for imaginative ideas, probing insights or creative brilliance. Forty years ago, as he walked with a friend across the Yale campus to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Bush volunteered that he was not a real intellectual. He prides himself on being a practical man, a problem solver, a bit of an overachiever. Some friends say his most notable trait is his persistence...