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This glimpse of Yeltsin, the team manager, coping with ordinary affairs of state, is in marked contrast to the larger-than-life image of the Russian leader that the world came to know during last August's putsch. He displayed ruthless daring again last December, when he delivered the political...
In a delicate move, Thailand's King last week tiptoed past a military-backed contender and, after consultations with political leaders, appointed Anand Panyarachun, 59, a former diplomat and businessman, to be interim Prime Minister for the second time. Initially installed by the military following a February 1991 coup, Anand...
After years of apparently harmonious marriage, however, rifts began appearing. As the accolades and awards poured in for Stephen, Jane -- competent and intelligent herself -- began to resent living in his shadow. Deeply religious, she was also offended by his apparent atheism. Particularly galling to her was his concept, enunciated first...
Many of them are also unhappy to find themselves defending accused killers whose victims may be familiar to their neighbors. Nor does it help to know that, if convicted, their clients will have an incentive to turn against them later. Claims of ineffective counsel are a staple of appeals filings...
Proposals for similar centers to improve lawyering at the trial phase have gone nowhere. Nor do death-penalty opponents see much hope in the idea of "mandatory pro bono," a system that would require all lawyers and firms to donate some time to representing poor defendants. An attorney who ordinarily...