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...Solondz remembers, TV “was the medium that colored, characterized and fed me. If you want to call it nurturing; others might have other ways of describing it—nurtured, damaged, what have...
...prevailing view within the CIA is that Yurchenko was a genuine defector who grew homesick. The CIA paints Yurchenko at the time of his defection as an unhappy man, disenchanted with the KGB, fed up with his wife of nearly 30 years and teenage son, and eager for a fresh start in the West. Indeed, Yurchenko may have contemplated switching sides long ago. During his Washington stay in the late 1970s, according to one high-level source, Yurchenko became friendly with the FBI agents whom he met in his job and began trading tidbits of information...
...line. They feel particularly buoyed by declining interest rates. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker hinted last month that the central bank will continue to apply downward pressure on rates in order to keep the economy moving. Volcker seemed to confirm that policy last week, when he stated that the Fed's open-market committee will keep a relatively loose rein on the money supply, a strategy that should keep plenty of cash available for loans to businesses and consumers...
Nearly everybody is fed up with the world's chaotic currency markets. Politicians, business executives and economists alike are unhappy with a system that allows the value of money to change wildly and freely from day to day. The arrangement has created instability in national economies, uncertainty for companies and increased tendencies toward trade protectionism. But nobody has come up with a better idea...
...without seeing the doctor. Uncomplicated do-it-yourself tests can be routinely obtained without prescription in drugstores across the U.S. For diabetics, Miles Laboratories makes the $150 Glucometer, which registers blood-sugar count. A diabetic applies a drop of blood to a 50¢ chemically treated strip, which is then fed into the machine. For couples hoping to have children, Tampax introduced in April a urine test that can pinpoint when a woman will be ovulating...