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...that differ as dramatically as the jobs they perform. Prominent members of the Communist Party and leading scientists luxuriate in secluded, heavily guarded mansions, supplied courtesy of the state. Even second-rank officials usually have a country house at their disposal. Tens of millions of their less exalted countrymen employ their wits and their blat (arm twisting and family connections) to gain entry to beachfront hotels, often located on the former estates of the prerevolutionary Russian aristocracy. Another much sought- after holiday choice for active trade-union members or people suffering from a diagnosed illness are woodsy spas known...
...recognized for his expertise on the satirist Jonathan Swift, as well as for his wide range of talents and sense of humor. His death came just two months after he filed $5 million lawsuits against each of three tobacco manufacturers and a tobacco trade association, charging that the firms employ deceptive advertising to sell their products and do not give adequate health warnings on packages. His wife said that she had not decided whether to continue the suit...
...recognized for his expertise on the satirist Jonathan Swift, as well as for his wide range of talents and sense of humor. His death came just two months after he filed $5 million lawsuits against each of three tobacco manufacturers and a tobacco trade association, charging that the firms employ deceptive advertising to sell their products and do not give adequate health warnings on packages. His wife said that she had not decided whether to continue the suit...
Karaoke units are finding their way into other arenas. Some small churches employ them to give choirs a more inspiring sound. Emotionally disturbed children at the University of Nebraska's Psychiatric Institute work out problems by creating commercials and playing deejay with Starmakers. At Songmasters' Graceland Recording Studio & Singalong Shop, across the street from Elvis Presley's Memphis mansion, the machines have become as much a part of the scene as the "King's" aging groupies, who tape their versions of Elvis' hits on them. Finished tapes cost $9.95 a song. Owner Gary Hardy woos reluctant patrons with...
...condemned to pick the targets and specify the force that will be used to take out those targets." When those kinds of questions are raised, the response is often an embarrassed silence. A potentially effective form of retribution would be to send covert-action hit teams or employ local agents to strike at terrorist squads. But American inability to keep secrets, and moral qualms about adopting the terrorists' own tactics, make that difficult if not impossible. The only certainty seems to be that for the foreseeable future, countering terrorism will rank second only to preventing nuclear war among the problems...