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...this time, and a simple threat to leave was all that was needed to break the logjam. A bully respects a bully. In her book, Hepburn speaks candidly of being "totally selfish," "a me, me, me person." To Ludlow Ogden Smith, her husband of six years whose only mistake was that he loved her, she admits to being an "absolute pig." He tried everything to please her, went so far as to change his name so that she wouldn't be known as Kate Smith. "Isn't that the way it is?" She shrugs. "Luddy loved me and would...
...used illegally. The city's new police chief, Nicholas Pastore, claims that crime actually dropped 20% over the past two years, perhaps because of the improved relationship between city workers and the community. Meanwhile, referrals to drug-treatment centers increased. These results have enabled policymakers elsewhere to break the logjam. Says New York City's health commissioner Margaret Hamburg: "It all came together in the New Haven experiment...
...betraying anxiety that the most ambitious overhaul of international-trade rules since World War II is floundering. In Brussels, European Community officials denounce the hard-nosed obstinacy of their American counterparts. In Washington, George Bush struggles to convey optimism, dropping vague references to "new ideas" that might break the logjam between Washington and the E.C. In Tokyo, ministers try quietly to bridge the gap between Europe and the U.S., lest there be any interruption of the trade machine upon which Japan's now imperiled prosperity depends...
...logjam both on the mound and behind the plate has kept other positions up in the air. Once the coaches decide on a few primary pitchers and catchers, the other positions could fall into place...
...last year, a chance conversation between Fancher and reporters about the moral leadership role of a newspaper prompted him to authorize one last try. Three veteran reporters -- Pulitzer prizewinner Eric Nalder, 46, and Susan Gilmore and Eric Pryne, both 41 -- were told to reexamine their leads. To break the logjam, editors decided that signed statements from the accusers would serve as a compromise between the identification the paper wanted and the anonymity the accusers sought. A week before the story went to press, Fancher says, "we looked at what we had and said...