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...parliament will prove just as fractious and querulous as the old one. The communists have consistently held the lead in public-opinion polls, but they are still favored by no more than 20% of the voters. If as many as 10 political groups manage to break the 5% barrier to get into parliament, the communists would have to do some major horse trading with projected winners like Women of Russia and the Agrarian Party to create an anti-Yeltsin alliance...
After edging toward 5000 for most of last week, the Dow Jones industrial average topped the milestone by three points briefly on Monday before slipping back to close at 4,983.09. "The 5000 point mark is a psychological barrier that has no inherent significance, but is an important indicator of investor confidence in the economy," says TIME's Bernard Baumohl. "It is a sign that investors are pleased that the budget is on the way to getting balanced, and also that they believe that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates by the end of this year. I expect that...
Such overstaffing, he added, prevents legislators from contacting each other. "They become a barrier to communication between senators," he said...
...traditionally been very distant from the University, but Clark hopes to "make the river less of a barrier...
...corner, 15 big boats worth millions of dollars are stacked like toys, each a total loss. "As a small business, we're wiped out," says Burklow, who estimates his loss at $742,000. He points to huge chunks of reinforced concrete that have been ripped from a protective barrier. "That gives you an idea of what kind of force we're talking about," he says...