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...mean, think about it—essentially what they’re saying is, “Hi, my name is Joe Smith, and I’m running for the position of Secretary. I’ve got many great ideas for things to do as Secretary, I have all the requisite skills, and I’m very, very passionate about being Sec—oh wait…Oh I lost? Okay. Hi, my name is Joe Smith, and I’m running for the position of Alumni Representative. I’m very, very passionate?...
...gays are smiling about their self-imposed curbs on sex. "It's like having a third party hi the room, warning you not to do this or that," says one Boston man. "It makes the sex stilted and clinical." Others see some benefits. Gays who could never before commit themselves are being propelled into long-term relationships; they are being pushed into deeper emotional involvements. "I think there has been a tremendously constructive response to AIDS by the gay community," says Susan Tross, a psychologist at New York City's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, who has studied...
...clue to how pollutants travel may lie hi the giant furrows (up to 3 ft. deep and 20 ft. across) that stretch for miles along the lake floor. Scientists think that the trenches, similar to those on ocean bottoms, are carved by currents of water that can also disperse toxic material. Other investigators will concentrate on collecting two shrimp like organisms in the food chain, including Ponto-poreia hoyi, that dwell on the sediment and may ingest toxic chemicals...
Long after his career ended at 42 in 1928, Cobb complained about the decline of his sport. "The fabric of baseball is crumbling, "he warned. "I'd want players less interested hi a bonus, a business manager and a bowling alley than in fighting to win." But he was surprisingly modern in his self-interest. Like Rose he became a player-manager with a mouthful of statistics, mostly about his own achievements. Like Rose he was a headlong competitor whose determination made him exceed more gifted men. And like Rose he grew wealthy with shrewd investments, a high salary...
...seeking to refocus the summit agenda, Reagan may have regained some of the momentum from Gorbachev hi the contest for world opinion. The gambit was an attempt to put the Soviet leader on the defensive during the summit. As one adviser bluntly explained: "We were looking for a way to recapture the propaganda initiative...