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...fibers, three or four dog hairs and one loud splash. Slim shreds of evidence, but last week they were enough to convince a Georgia magistrate that Wayne Bertram Williams, 23, should face a grand jury for possible indictment in the murder of Nathaniel Cater, 27, the most recent of the 28 young blacks found slain in Atlanta. Williams showed no emotion as Magistrate Albert Thompson read the decision upholding the arrest. Only later, as he was transferred back to his 6-ft. by 12-ft. isolation cell in Fulton County Jail, did the suspect comment: "This is ridiculous...
Feinstein has been married three times. She has a daughter, Katherine Anne, 24, by her first marriage, which ended in divorce. Her second husband, Neurosurgeon Bertram Feinstein, died of cancer shortly before she became mayor. She has since married Financier Richard Blum, whose active role in his wife's career has been criticized in some quarters, leading one columnist to dub the mayor "Feinblum...
...leftist crowds repeatedly rioted against the all-powerful U.S. It is instead the increasingly widespread belief, even among many of America's traditional friends, that U.S. strength has declined so much that Washington can no longer be relied upon as the leader of the Western alliance. Says Christoph Bertram, director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies: "In the past the U.S. has been the undisputed leader, but the U.S. that emerged from the 1970s was no longer always willing to provide this leadership, and even when she tried, she was no longer able to command...
...threats to Southwest Asia and other strategically important regions. The European Community should streamline its cumbersome system of consulting so that it can more quickly respond to U.S. initiatives and to international challenges. Together the U.S. and its partners should do some contingency planning for Third World crises. Says Bertram: "If the crisis had been over Berlin and not Afghanistan, the alliance would have immediately known what...
...superpower?one of two?with worldwide interests; its allies are regional powers with commensurately limited interests. Says Christoph Bertram, director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies: "The attitude toward an international problem on the part of a medium and small power is to seek to live with it. The attitude of a superpower is to seek to change...