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...defying the law," said Tutu, the Black foe of apartheid who won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize. "We are obeying God. We also obey God every...
Jack Kemp, the Boy Scout of supply-side economics, hates to speak ill of others. Like the "good shepherd" he so often cites, Kemp wants to convert both foe and friend to his vision of boundless growth through tax cuts and monetary reform. But so far his gauzy optimism has proved more boring than inspirational to voters; for months, he has idled near the bottom of the polls. Last week Pollyanna began to look more like Cruella De Ville: Kemp unleashed an uncharacteristically hard-nosed campaign that managed to rattle both George Bush and Bob Dole. In so doing...
Manchester lawyer Robert Backus, a long-time Seabrook foe, called the filing "recognition that the Seabrook plant is and was an economic disaster. It's the final admission that it was a mistake...
...cases each year have treated 150 youngsters in the past 24 months. Worse, physicians, who have never fully understood what causes rheumatic fever, have few clues to explain its re-emergence. The culprit could be an unfamiliar strain of bacteria -- or simply relaxed vigilance against a forgotten foe...
...anyone who works at a low-pressure, no-risk service job faces a daily battle with a quieter, more maddening foe: ruthless, relentless tedium. For some, "busy work" is a way of life. Get up. Go to work. Perform the same task over and over till lunch. Hope for some excitement. Perform the same task over and over till quitting time. Try not to go crazy...