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Then the White House went dark. There's nothing so rare at the Executive Mansion as a quiet Saturday, when people can relax and Presidents actually get to play. But this was a whole new kind of quiet--hollow and grim. Clinton was looking, simultaneously, at the most dangerous prospect of his public life and the most devastating chapter of his private one. He canceled his plans for the weekend to prepare for his testimony; Hillary went into seclusion. She virtually locked herself in a room upstairs, forswearing visitors and talking to no one other than her mother and other...
...problematic laws have defenders. The First Church of Christ, Scientist, the largest U.S. religious body favoring spiritual healing over medical attention, has long argued for them. Christian Science spokesman Gary Jones describes as "terrible" the prospect that public rage at the Oregon deaths might "stop the inquiry into more effective means of treatment" by spiritual means. Champions of repeal, of course, feel otherwise. A report in the April issue of the professional journal Pediatrics documented 140 child deaths "from religion-motivated medical neglect" between 1975 and 1995, attributed to 23 religious denominations in 34 states. Its co-author, Texas critical...
Things are so bad here that the prospect of one bank's demise conjures up images of a cataclysmic cascade of failures. With some reason: the collapse last November of the Hokkaido Takushoku Bank shattered the economy of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Affiliated lenders and thousands of businesses went bust. Since then the prognosis for the nation has worsened steadily. In reaction, commentators have lashed out, blaming the nation's woes on everything from American "free-market imperialism" being forced on Japan's financial system to a laggardly birthrate...
...error occurred while processing this directive]Fortune Investor Data Although the exposure of U.S. investors to the Russian markets is minimal, the country's woes hit Europe hard, and that comes home to America. Not to mention the chilling prospect of the crisis toppling Yeltsin's government and bringing to power a host of ex-Communists with itchy trigger fingers. It's not yet time to vacuum out the ol' fallout shelter -- but if you're looking for some kind of refuge from this economic Chernobyl, Baumohl recommends bonds. "Foreign markets are getting hit hard, and foreign investors are going...
...greater collective whole. That's why the transition to a market economy is so challenging -- it tears down the collectivist social structure and forces more than a billion people to start looking out for Number One, with no safety net to fall back on. Not surprisingly, that prospect has created deep anxiety and uncertainty among many Chinese. But the dramatic flooding of the mighty Yangtze River in recent weeks has allowed Beijing to reassure citizens that the spirit of pulling together for the common good remains very much alive...