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...know how to begin. The really important problems, ranging from the national debt to homelessness, are too large and complex to comprehend. And always the great, intimidating shadow of 1960s-style activism hovers in the background. Twentysomething youths suspect that today's attempts at political and social action pale in comparison with the excitement of draft dodging or freedom riding...
...within the presidential residence, he prudently left the country for a European sojourn, though not before signing a decree giving himself sole authority over who is allowed inside. When he returned home, he ousted Zulema, who then made a melodramatic scene in front of TV cameras. But these troubles pale before a new problem confronting Menem. Legions of superstitious Argentines have become convinced he is cursed with a hex. The alleged evidence: several of his Cabinet ministers have died in office, and after Menem shook the hand of a driver before a powerboat race, the driver crashed and lost...
...sitting on a goldmine. By exposing all the intrigue, duplicity and sex of running Harvard University, Bok could guarantee himself a place on the bestsellers' list--and the lecture tour--for years to come. Acting Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky's The University: An Owner's Manual would pale in comparison to Bok's The University: Tower of Lust. Odds...
...retired landscape gardener Robert McKinney, 76, sat shaky and pale in a room full of firemen. As paramedics attached red EKG clips to his chest, McKinney explained in a raspy voice that he had got out of bed at 1 a.m. -- 19 hours earlier -- and had been struggling to breathe ever since. His blood pressure was an alarming 200 over 140 (120 over 80 is normal). Such severe hypertension can impair lung function and lead to congestive heart failure. McKinney's EKG showed an irregular, rapid heartbeat...
...Marnier in Phnom Penh's Cafe de Paris. Today the Cambodian capital's French restaurants are gone, but the chef survived the brutal Khmer Rouge years and has opened a far more modest Cambodian eatery where he still whips up a souffle. Says Cloud: "While it's only a pale imitation of the one he used to make, it must be regarded, under the circumstances, as a valiant...