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...trains salespeople to handle stress, says Saddam's fluttering eyelids may be a sign of mental breakdown. "When salesmen start blinking, they're usually in trouble," says Molloy. "The guy looks like he's falling apart." While medical researchers are split over the significance of rapid blinking, battlefield commanders confirm that the symptom is common among soldiers who have endured heavy bombardment...
...pressure is building on Bush to speak more sharply in hopes of making Gorbachev reconsider. For conservatives, recent events only confirm their long-standing doubts about lending support to a leader they consider an attractively tailored Lenin. Says an analyst in Washington: "In effect, we need to stop payment on his Nobel Peace Prize...
Columbia spokesperson Fred H. Knubel said that the search committee had forwarded a candidate's name to Sovern in December, after a vote of the full law faculty. But he refused to confirm or deny Liebman's selection...
...town of Xapuri last week for the murder of Francisco ("Chico") Mendes, the Brazilian rubber tapper and defender of the rain forests who became an environmental martyr after a single shotgun blast killed him in 1988. Asked by the judge if he "carried out" the murder, Darci answered, "I confirm...
...when the Pentagon is striving to keep troop locations in the gulf secret, private satellite photos of the area are hitting the open market in increasing numbers. The three companies that dominate the trade have refused to sell pictures to Iraq since the Kuwait invasion. But U.S. intelligence sources confirm that Iraq has obtained detailed space photos. They believe the images were funneled through Jordan and Iran...