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...President Ernesto Zedillo [INTERVIEW, June 19], I would ask if he is living in the same politically corrupt, crime-ridden, economically bankrupt country as I am. Or is he living in paradise with Alice in Wonderland? Come on, Mr. President, face reality: your five-year economic plan is a pipe dream. Get real. Talk to the people, not just to the sycophants who surround you and live in luxury. Luis C. Calvillo Mexico City...
...coming. At least three other Southern conservative Democrats have made it clear that they are itching to jump ship. A larger number are likely to retire rather than run in 1996. That would make the Democrats' quest to regain control of the House in 1996 little more than a pipe dream. "To gain the seats the Democrats need to be the majority in the House will be really, really, really hard," said congressional expert Charles Cook. Two weeks ago, he put their chances at 30% to 35%; now his assessment is down...
...service dispatcher Chris Lampropoulos from Queens, New York, was charged with felonious assault on a taxi driver after a car accident. Lampropoulos, 24, claimed that he beat the guy up in self-defense, and that he used his fists -- not a metal pipe, as charged. His family got in touch with Harvey A. Kaminsky, a seasoned trial lawyer in White Plains, New York, and even though Kaminsky agreed to lower his fees, they had to scrape together family loans to pay off the $15,000 it cost to bring the case to trial. For Lampropoulos, the lawyer employed...
DIED. HAROLD WILSON, 79, former British Prime Minister; in London. Wilson came to power in 1964, occupying No. 10 Downing Street for seven years, longer than any other 20th century peacetime premier except Margaret Thatcher. The silver-haired Labour Party leader was known for his pipe, raincoat and Yorkshire accent. Among his legacies: the 1967 devaluation of the pound to rescue a declining economy, the 1975 referendum that committed Britain to E.C. membership, and his recommendation of the Beatles for knighthood...
That hope is based largely on the paintings and carvings adorning the tomb walls. Because of floods, vibrations from buses, and a leaky sewage pipe built over the tomb's entrance, only hand-size fragments remain of some of the scenes painted by ancient artists. Others, however, are nearly whole. "Some of the paint," says Weeks, "is as bright and fresh as the day it was applied...