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...type who thinks it would be "neat" to try crack, or who savors the wickedly orgasmic thrill of having nightmares, or who craves the speed fix that only skiing without turning can provide--in short, if you feel that there is nothing wrong with occasional immaturity, recklessness, outrageousness and lack of control--you should give metal a chance...
...past month, Kremlin officials had promised that a radical strategy for economic modernization would be unveiled as early as May Day. But Gorbachev decided against such a quick fix. "If someone at the top says we should just raise prices and have shock therapy, don't believe them," he said in Sverdlovsk. "If we are going to do something like raise prices, we'll do it together, as we promised." Aware of overwhelming public opposition to radical reform, he was out to calm fears about such a restructuring and to initiate a nationwide discussion on what it might entail...
...indictment handed down in Newark, the Government charged that the B. Manischewitz Co., the largest U.S. matzo baker, conspired with other firms to fix the price of products worth $25 million from 1981 to 1986. Jersey City- based Manischewitz is accused of exploiting the increased demand for matzo during the eight-day holiday by arranging "agreed-upon increases" for a variety of matzo items. Manischewitz denies the charges, saying its prices were "independently and fairly determined...
...Cuomo both angry and sad. "It's the ultimate political cop-out," he says. "It reflects the unwillingness of candidates to propose programs that might actually impact on crime, because that might mean spending money, and that can mean tax increases. It is easier to hold out a quick fix, the idea that all will be well if we just burn people...
...painted all over the country. Tucker suggests that much of his work, seemingly without social content and often without people in it at all, is actually a long lyrical evocation of a timeless France, a rebuke to the political imbroglios and financial scandals that obsessed Paris. Monet wanted to fix impressionism (especially his impressionism) in people's minds as a healing, patriotic style...