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Alcoholism used to be a secret held close, known only to the sufferer's loved ones, and carrying a harsh social stigma. But anyone walking the streets of downtown San Diego last weekend would have seen little sign that any of the estimated 60,000 recovering alcoholics and Al-Anon members attending the Alcoholics Anonymous convention there were anything but loud and proud. Celebrating the group's 60th anniversary, participants from 72 countries sporting first-name-only registration badges flashed smiles and offered greetings to the people they passed along the San Diego waterfront...
...long ago, Cleveland was such a lonely place that, as John Hart put it, "you half-expected to see tumbleweeds." But now the people are patronizing downtown restaurants, buying everything that has the chief's visage on it and calling radio hosts for advice on what to do on the nights the Indians aren't playing. "I always knew this day would come," says Herb Score, who has been a pitcher or broadcaster for the Indians since 1955. "I was kind of hoping it would come a little sooner though...
Under the guns, in an apartment building in downtown Sarajevo, a group of Bosnians waited out the battle. Nijaz Mutevelic, 66, was resigned. The Bosnians might not succeed, but he was glad they were trying. "The question is very simple," he said. "Is such a life worth living, or is it not better to fight?" His wife Rada and their neighbors Senada Hukovic and Ksenija Crvenkovic agreed. "Politics has not managed to tear us apart," said Crvenkovic. "And see, I'm a Croat, Rada is a Serb, and Nijaz and Senada are Muslims. That's Sarajevo...
...warned that such swift and massive deregulation would only strengthen telecommunications giants.TIME's Suneel Ratansays the bill constitutes a grand, laissez-faire experiment with a $700 billion industry. The result may be more choice and cheaper service, but of a different sort, says Ratan -- "like when shopping malls replace downtown stores: you have more choice, but it's the same choice in Dubuque or Peoria or Los Angeles...
...like molasses, butPete Wilson -- a master of hardball politics-- isn't giving up. The California governor told supporters this morning that he'llofficially announce his bid for the 1996 GOP presidential nominationnext Thursday on CNN's "Larry King Live." To make his intentions clear, Wilson's campaign office in downtown Sacramento unfurled banners saying "Pete Wilson for President." The determined governor dismissed recent political gossip suggesting that he would drop the idea of running: "There have been a lot of rumors to the contrary put out by people engaged in wishful thinking...