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...regained his standing in Russia in recent years, becoming a frequent guest of KGB veteran Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. Still, Vladimir Kryuchkov will be primarily remembered as the former KGB chief who, disturbed by liberal reforms, engineered the failed three-day coup against President Mikhail Gorbachev in August??1991. The brief takeover by hard-liners helped precipitate the final collapse of the Soviet Union four months later. Kryuchkov...
This extreme collaboration has paid off. According to SportScanInfo, Nike captured 56.7% of the $3.6 billion U.S. running-shoe market through the seven months ending in August??2007, compared with 47.4% in 2006. "No question, Nike Plus is one of the primary drivers of the company's running growth this year," says Powell. Competitors New Balance, Asics and Adidas have lost market share in running shoes...
...first trip to Congo was in August??1998, just days before the current war began, and I have seen the infrastructure and essential services decline ever since. How could we, the civilized world, allow this war to consume 3.9 million innocent lives? Even worse, why are so few people talking about it and even fewer doing something about it? WOODY M. COLLINS Indianapolis...
...various symptoms Andropov displayed during his last appearances in public in mid-August???trembling hands, uneven gait, difficulty in getting out of his chair?were caused by muscle weakness brought on by diabetes and the kidney problems. The stiffness that observers detected in the Soviet leader's left arm was due to the repeated use of that arm for dialysis...
Although the unemployment rate has been rising?it went from 7.3% in May to 7.9% in August???the nation is rebounding, if somewhat erratically, from the 1973-75 recession; Ford's go-easy tactics of letting the economy largely right itself are so far working out fairly well. No American boys are fighting overseas; none are even being drafted. There is a growing sense of well-being in the country, particularly among the members of the huge and increasingly affluent middle class...