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...came close to parachuting. Flying out of the fast-rising center of a thermal, he was struck by heavy, cold air that bashed downward with more force than he had ever encountered. The nose of his glider was knocked from a 3- o'clock position, level flight, through 6 o'clock, full dive. This is called "going over the falls," and it's not a surprise to a good pilot. But Lee's glider was shoved so hard that it pivoted on to 9 o'clock, completely upside down. A few more degrees of rotation -- 10 or 11 o'clock...
Without the prospect of work, those returnees who did manage to return home have little chance of recovering what they lost. Instead they are forced to live off the goodwill of their impoverished neighbors, further hastening the downward spiral of a village already on its last legs. "Those who left and were granted asylum were the town's best people," says Gerard Phillippe, Petit-Trou's justice of the peace and the only one of the returnees who has carved out some measure of success. "They were the ones who organized the peasants and who would have...
...debacle broke new ground in the erosion of Clinton's popularity. He suffered simultaneous public mockery of both his competence (one headline writer dubbed him "Bumblin' Bill") and his conviction ("President Jell- O"). His downward spiral in popularity and his shift in positions are creating a sense of public vertigo. More than ever, Americans regard their new President with two nagging questions: Is he up to the job? and What does he stand for? Clinton must know that if he does not answer those questions soon, he may never be able to. One longtime friend who spoke with the President...
...stock that is suddenly on its way down. I decide to sell 10 shares short at 38 3/4; J.P. Morgan is on the other side of the trade. Now I have to buy the shares in order to deliver them to Morgan, hopefully at a lower price. But the downward wave I thought I was surfing on turns out to be little more than a splash in a puddle. Amgen edges up to 39 in most marketmakers' quotes! If it climbs higher, I'm really in trouble. "Cut your loss! Cut your loss!" shouts Houtkin, so I ask the clerk...
...Oppenheimer, senior scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund, urged the Administration to set the U.S. on a course of action that would keep emissions below 1990 levels well beyond the year 2000. That could be the real test of the President's commitment. "Is he going to keep the downward trend going?" asks Oppenheimer. "Or is he going to tweak emissions for seven years and then let them...