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...twin brother Jesse played a critical and enduring role in the King's life. "Elvis' psychic raison d'etre as a twinless twin was to put himself back together again," says Whitmer. "That was really the power of his creativity--as well as the momentum behind his self-destructive downward spiral...
...high time for the Syrians, the Iranians, the Lebanese and all others who continue to deny Israel's right to exist to accept the Israelis' sensible precondition to security. Anything less is guaranteed to catapult the Arab countries back into the center of a downward spiral into poverty, despair and hopelessness. I am tremendously encouraged by the opening gambit of the Netanyahu camp. Time will tell whether Assad and company will grasp an outstretched, yet protected, hand...
...Malibu in his truck last weekend, Downey was found to be carrying a small pharmacy of illegal drugs--crack, heroin--and, police said, a heavy-duty handgun. The hard-partying actor has been through rehab at least once since the late 1980s, but friends recently became alarmed at his downward spiral. A few weeks ago, Sean Penn and Matthew Modine arrived at Downey's L.A. home to attempt a rescue mission. "Sean told Robert he had better clean himself up," says a source, "and offered to take him wherever he needed for help." Downey agreed but then slipped away when...
...Sunday, December 3, one second may have caused the downfall of the Harvard women's hockey team. Leading St. Lawrence by one goal with just a second to play, the Crimson surrendered a game-tying goal that sent the contest into overtime and Harvard's season into a downward spiral...
...reform that is growing fitfully almost everywhere in Russia will have a better chance of succeeding peacefully and more quickly than if Zyuganov takes power. For besides his economic changes, Yeltsin's true legacy thus far has been his acquiescence in the decentralization of power. "It has shifted dramatically downward from the Kremlin and outward from Moscow," says Strobe Talbott. The result is that Russia is fast becoming a pluralistic nation, but it has yet to make the transition to a civil society...