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Tsongas, 48, decided not to run for a second U.S. Senate term in 1984 when he was diagnosed as having a mild form of lymphoma, a type of cancer...
...heart of the opposition movement is the New Forum, an amorphous collection of mild-mannered pastors, artists and writers who coalesced only six weeks ago around a vague demand for "democratic dialogue." Although New Forum is technically illegal, it has gathered the signatures of more than 20,000 adherents, ranging from teachers and train drivers to electricians and factory foremen. Unlike Poland, where union workers sparked a popular insurrection, no single sector of society fuels the unrest in East Germany. The dissenters lack both a leader with Lech Walesa's charisma and a specific agenda...
...demands of East Germany's reformers seem mild when compared with the changes unleashed by opposition forces in Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Baltic states. The unfocused New Forum has called for its own legalization, dialogue with authorities and basic civil rights. Only now is it beginning to identify other possible issues: ecological and economic problems, industrial and scientific development. Though the New Forum's ranks are filled with a wide variety of socialists, ranging from doctrinaire Marxists to Western-style Social Democrats, they share the goal of a liberalized East Germany, not a capitalist one. "We are not enemies...
...wrist is pretty severely shattered, the other mildly fractured. There might be a problem with one of my knees," Ross said. "There's a mild fracture to my skull--mild damage to the membrane. My wrist almost certainly will require surgery...
This much acclaimed drama focuses on a middle-class family in which one of the three children, Corky, 18, is suffering from Down syndrome. The show is a breakthrough because it stars a youngster, Chris Burke, who has the disorder. Though he has a relatively mild case of retardation, Burke's very presence on screen is eloquent proof that such children can be capable, functioning members of society...