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...modest accomplishments secure. For months there have been warnings of a showdown between reformists and reactionaries. Russians and Russia watchers alike talk about "the December scenario." The opening act will take place during the Congress of People's Deputies that begins this week. Yeltsin's opponents are expected to launch an all-out offensive to restrict his personal authority, reverse his main policies and remove his key ministers. In the scarier versions of the scenario, the maneuvers against the Russian government could be a prelude to a parliamentary upheaval or even a putsch...
Nunn said the threat of nuclear escalation islow, but increasing economic, political, andethnic tension in the regions heighten the risk ofan accident or unauthorized launch...
Following Walsh's actions since 1989, CTU Co-Chair Michael H. Turk said the activist group has "a series of facts to buttress the allegations," but that he does not consider the council's nearly unanimous decision Monday night to launch an investigation a victory...
...director Dr. Bernadine Healy's instigation, the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH is preparing to launch the Women's Health Initiative, a $500 million, 14-year study of 140,000 postmenopausal women. The study will explore the effects of diet, smoking and other factors on women's risk of developing heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, and breast and colon cancers. The study will also evaluate the effects of hormone replacement therapy: providing women with supplemental estrogen or with estrogen plus progestin after menopause...
Once he gets his new job, Smith is apt to launch the new round of layoffs immediately, since he will be under as much pressure as Stempel to let the ax fall. Board members picked up tough ideas about what needs to be done in talks last month with General Electric chairman Jack Welch, who earned the nickname "Neutron Jack" by slashing GE's work force in the 1980s. Welch reportedly huddled with Smale and several other directors during a two-day forum of CEOs in Hot Springs, Virginia...