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Langon's conclusions, though harsh, are largelytrue; the technological revolution, from germtheory in the late 19th century to the diagnosticcomputers used today, has greatly depersonalizedmedicine. Patients have come to be thought of asbiochemical systems rather than human beings...
...beach in a scene reminiscent of a Club Med. They have good reason to celebrate: soon they will be flying off to freedom in the U.S. Meanwhile, less than a mile away, more than 200 Haitian children lounge listlessly under drab green tents, seeking refuge from the harsh midday sun. Camp Nine, their home since last June, is a desolate patch of cactus-filled desert where the only sign of life is an occasional banana rat or iguana. A fence encircles the camp, which is guarded by American soldiers. The children, many of them orphans, have languished in this dusty...
...Yuzhin went back to Moscow, and in 1986, after Ames identified him as a CIA source, the KGB took him into custody. He was sentenced to 15 years for high treason. On Feb. 7, 1992, after six years under harsh conditions in the Gulag, he was another of the 10 political prisoners released from Perm-35 under Yeltsin's amnesty. Gray-haired at 53, he now lives in northern California with his wife Nadia and daughter Olga...
...week afterPresident George Bush's highly public resignation from the National Rifle Association, the NRA is sheepishly backing away from the fundraising letter that outraged Bush,describing federal agents as "jack-booted thugs."Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre has apologized for the letter, saying that his harsh words were misunderstood and were not intended to apply to all federal law enforcement officials. "That letter was intended to apply to a number of specific cases where we thought the government's conduct was improper," LaPierre said. "We're very pro-law enforcement."TIME senior Washington correspondent Jeff Birnbaumsays LaPierre...
...harsh truth is that in our modern economy,a great number of people live on a fixed income,"Galbraith said...