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...creator of perestroika and glasnost so hated in the country he freed from fear? To some extent, statistics explain why. A report by the Soviet State Planning Committee predicts that Soviet GNP will fall 11.6% in 1991; it declined 3% last year. Industrial production this year will drop more than 15%, and agricultural output 5%. One state economic planner said he feared a return to "the horrible times we lived through in the past," referring to "the famine of the 1930s, the repressions of 1937." A poll published last week by the Soviet National Public Opinion Studies Center asked, "What...
...Equal parts sporting event, performance art, and party pastime, air guitar also promotes non-violence with an oft-said pacifist slogan, “Make Air, Not War.” “They say that if everyone picked up an air guitar, they would have to drop their weapons and thus war would cease and peace would reign,” says Miller. “I think that perfectly sums up what air guitar is all about. On the one hand it’s completely ridiculous, but on the other hand, if you think about...
...Speaking of fooling people, a simple glance at the album’s lyrics may fool Lavigne’s fans into thinking the track “Hot” was written by Fergie: “You make me so hot / Make me wanna drop / It’s so ridiculous / I can barely stop / I can hardly breathe / You make me wanna scream / You’re so fabulous / You’re so good to me baby.” All appearances aside, it’s Avril Lavigne singing with complete disregard...
...stay for silent prayer and meditation. “Harvard students asked for this vigil and I’m happy to oblige them,” Gomes said. Richard D. Kadison, chief of mental health at the Harvard University Health Services, said that there will be a drop-in group this afternoon at 4 p.m. for those who wish to discuss the tragedy. “We have seen a number of students here at mental health services and at the Bureau of Study Counsel who wanted to talk about the impact of this with an individual...
...Information about counseling, including a drop-in session tomorrow, was given to the Houses for distribution to students, according to Richard D. Kadison, the chief of Mental Health Services...