Word: generality
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...member of the country's legislature, D'Aubuisson cannot be prosecuted. A report by Salvadoran Attorney General Roberto Giron Flores has concluded, however, that Garay's testimony is sufficient to label the politician the "intellectual author" of the crime. Last week El Salvador's Justice Ministry began taking formal steps to convince the National Assembly that it should strip D'Aubuisson of his immunity so that he can be charged. Duarte's Christian Democratic Party has a clear majority in the legislature, 33 seats, compared with the 13 of D'Aubuisson's Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). Duarte, who defeated...
...certain is that it is not new. Nobody seems to know exactly where the term came from, but it has been around for several decades or more, and many elements of the New Age, like faith healing, fortune-telling and transmigration of souls, go back for centuries. (Ages, in general, are an uncertain affair. The Age of Aquarius, celebrated in the musical Hair, may have started in the 1960s or at the turn of the century or may not yet have begun. Once under way, such astrological ages are supposed to last 2,000 years...
...knee, a procedure that has been tried on and off since the turn of the century, is especially tricky. Reason: doctors have not been able to save the sensory nerves that monitor the complicated three-dimensional movements of the knee. Explains Dr. Henry Mankin, chief of orthopedics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston: "The nerve supply to the joint is crucial. If the nerves are lost, the mechanisms necessary to control the joint are not operative." In the past, attempted whole-knee transplants have resulted in the gradual degeneration of the joint, necessitating an artificial knee, a second graft...
That stark announcement crushed the last hope that Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, could move easily toward democracy. Since the overthrow of Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier in February 1986, the nation has been ruled by an army-dominated provisional government headed by Lieut. General Henri Namphy. The 22 months of military rule, though, have been a period of unrest, as the country stood on the brink of anarchy. In some areas law and order have virtually broken down, and an estimated 500 people have been killed in random and often gruesome violence. At the same time...
...Three U.S. automakers, spokesmen say the companies are still assessing market demand. Donald Runkle, a director of advanced vehicle engineering at General Motors, acknowledges that four-wheel steering can improve handling and maneuverability. The question, he says, is whether Americans will be willing to pay the premium of some $1,000 the Japanese are charging. "We have come down on the side of it not being worth what it costs ! right now," says Runkle. "But we could be wrong. Honda could come in here and clean our clock with four-wheel steering...