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...their move. By the summer of 1991, Kremlin power was already ebbing away to republican leaders like Russia's Boris Yeltsin; the party was clearly headed for a schism. It is also doubtful, as Gorbachev suggests, that he might have succeeded in his second attempt to form a new, looser union in the months after the putsch if the Russians had not wavered in their support. Gorbachev gives the impression that the overwhelming vote for independence in Ukraine might somehow have been reversed, and was not an insurmountable obstacle to his plan...
...whole team hit well," Johnson said. "We all felt a lot looser than we did this weekend, and our hitting reflects that...
China's huge crop of baby boomers, born in the 1960s when Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution crippled the nation's embryonic birth-control program, have reached childbearing age. They have also developed looser sexual habits: premarital and extramarital sex is rising rapidly...
Yeltsin's retreat, however, could not stem the stampede of republics to declare independence. Fear of Russian domination is far from the only reason for this secessionist wave. Some republics may want only to strengthen their hand in bargaining on the configuration of a new, looser union. Certainly not all republics are prepared, or want, to go all the way to true independence, with their own flags, parliaments, currencies, foreign policies and seats in the U.N. Most specifically disclaim any intention of creating their own armies, other than perhaps small militias to serve as a kind of national guard...
...Agriculture Department also prefers a looser definition of "low fat" than the one favored by the FDA. The tough FDA standard, charges Gary Wilson of the National Cattlemen's Association, would mean that "you won't have any meat items being able to meet the criteria." Such an impossible standard would destroy the incentive for the meat industry to produce reduced-fat beef and pork, says Wilson, and the USDA is inclined to agree. The American Heart Association plans to lobby Congress if the USDA regulations don't match...