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Bird's electrifying performances on the courts of the N.B.A. were always built on the unexpected. He seemed stone-footed and awkward of movement, yet he invariably surprised both fans and opponents with his effectiveness. His fleshy face, spiky hair and bargain-basement mustache looked decidedly unathletic. Yet he was one of the game's greatest playmakers and shot nearly 50% from the field...
Like the latest list of bargain airfares in the U.S., this offer comes with a lot of footnotes. The government has not yet decided exactly which enterprises will be up for sale, though by 1994 the program will cover most small industries and most housing. Many major holdings, like defense plants, collective farms, nuclear power stations, oil wells, mines and forests, will be excluded...
...Vienna, and the fog is nearly as thick as Schlag on the strudels. Friedrich Nietzsche and Dr. Joseph Breuer, an early associate of Freud's, are striking an odd bargain. The physician will try to cure his patient's migraine attacks; the philosopher will treat the doctor's deep- rooted angst. Soon their roles reverse: healer becomes sufferer and, voila!, the psychoanalytic revolution begins. In WHEN NIETZSCHE WEPT (Basic Books; $20), psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom imagines an encounter between two < real people who never met. The novel is strewn with italic sentences to highlight his characters' head-smacking insights. Still...
...speech to the Knesset was intended to warm the atmosphere with the Palestinians. Differentiating himself from the intransigent Shamir, Rabin set a reasoned and pragmatic tone, inviting the Palestinian negotiators for an informal parley before the next formal session in Rome, in a month or two, and pledging to bargain continuously until agreement is reached. "Rabin believes that the expectations the Israeli public has of him are very high," says Gad Yaacobi, designated to become Israel's next U.N. ambassador. "He would like to fulfill them early on in his term so as not to erode his political capital...
...coming weeks will tell whether the womenaround the negotiation table will be able tohammer out a bargain between the union andmanagement to replace the previous contract, whichexpired June...