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...relations, economic life and much more--remains largely invisible. The notion of citizen withdrawal from public life feeds on itself: if we accept the notion that others have given up on the larger community, why wouldn't we be more likely to give up too? For our democracy to flourish, journalists must widen the news lens to include a fuller picture of who we are. FRANCES MOORE LAPPE, Editor PAUL MARTIN DU BOIS, Publisher American News Service Brattleboro, Vermont...
More than a century later, Coubertin's image of a sound mind in a sound body continues to flourish. Competing with the millionaire basketball players and logo-laden runners will be fencers and rowers and shooters who have no major endorsements but who do have demanding careers as teachers, doctors, law-enforcement officers and lawyers. While they're not necessarily smarter or faster or more dedicated than other athletes, they can say that they have better balance...
...presidential elections in which retired Lieut. General Alexander Lebed made a surprisingly strong third-place finish and Boris Yeltsin came in first. In Yeltsin's office that day, Lebed, 46, a hero in a dark business suit, perched stiffly on the edge of an ornate chair. With a flourish, Yeltsin signed a decree, tucked it into a green cardboard folder and handed it to the general...
Right about now, KELSEY GRAMMER may be regretting he ever wrote his autobiography, So Far. In it the Frasier star says he'll one day marry Tammi Baliszewski, "the gentle breeze in which I flourish today." Unfortunately, the wedding's off, and the gentle breeze is writing her own gale-force tell-all. Grammer also claims that Cerlette Lamme, whom he gallantly calls "not the neediest woman I've ever been with but needy enough," got high and lost his dog, Goose. Lamme is suing for libel and invasion of privacy. Not one to dwell on past errors, Grammer spent...
...sophomore distance freestyle Brian Younger, who placed fourth at the Olympic Trials in the 1,500 meters, the pattern of winning was rarely broken. Since freestyle events begin and conclude every meet, that strength meant the Crimson made waves coming off the block and finished with a flourish...