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...rebellion. In March, Finance Minister Liu Zhongli acknowledged that reform of the enterprises was "important for the destiny" of the nation, but President Jiang Zemin has been moving ahead very cautiously. He seems to hope half measures like increasing worker shareholding or small-scale mergers can bail out basket cases like Shenyang...
...briskly disposed of him in a Dumpster before heading to the White Glove Car Wash to rinse off the blood. Now we have Melissa Drexler, who slipped into the bathroom at her senior prom, delivered a 6-lb. 6-oz. baby boy and tossed him in the trash basket with the soiled paper towels in time to get back to the party. She asked the disk jockey to play her favorite Metallica song and danced with her boyfriend. A student told a reporter later, "She seemed to be enjoying herself...
...once boasted of never trusting anyone over 30, Xers have even more cause for disillusion. Between 1965 and 1977, the divorce rate doubled. More than 40% of today's young adults had spent time in a single-parent home by age 16. Did the psychic toll produce latch-key basket cases or self-reliant survivors? Undoubtedly, both. In their coupling habits, Gen X is the "youngest copulating and oldest marrying generation ever recorded," note Strauss and Howe. Since 1970 the average marriage age has crept up from 23 to 27 for men and from 21 to 25 for women...
...Karl Malone have made seem easy over the past 12 years. Down one with under a minute to play, Stockton rebounded a Michael Jordan miss and threw a full-court post pattern that just got over a lunging Jordan and settled into Malone's hands. Amazing pass, easy basket. And just like that, the Jazz had the lead in a game they desperately needed to win but looked certain to lose. Down four with under two minutes left to play, the Jazz scored the last nine points of the game to win, 78-73. The win evens the best...
Norwood developed the Employment Cost Index and made the Consumer Price Index, a measure of the cost of a representative "basket of goods," into a more accurate indicator. She also chaired the Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation from...