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...desperately needs continuity and leadership. For years Yeltsin's bursts of energy have been followed by illnesses and disappearances, vacations and prostration. He seems to have no reserves of stamina left, and the breakdowns are coming more frequently now. After he ousted the government last week, he tried to pump himself up again for a summit session with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President Jacques Chirac. But at their meeting outside Moscow, Yeltsin looked confused, weak and fumbling. The price he pays for proving he is in charge is growing higher every day. What is good for Boris...
...holds it may result in a moderate price increase, says Baumohl. If it fails, the price could fall even further and OPEC may permanently lose its power to set prices. Either way, the immediate effect for Americans will be felt in the futures markets rather than at the gas pump...
...game, there's a lot of adrenaline and a lot of excitement with the starters, and I see my role as one who...has seen the game and can figure out where we're lacking or what needs to be done," Brandt says. "I head in there, pump up my teammates and just try to get the adrenaline kicking once again...
...back into the local economy. Sure, McDonald's has low prices, but that does not mean McDonald's benefits the working class in the long run. National chains take revenues out of the area in favor of corporate payoffs elsewhere. They crush local small business owners because chains can pump so much capital into their new locations. This ends local character and diversity...
...does make me grumpy that the only acting classes we offer are minimal--the real world demands so much more," Shaw says. "We have great acting teachers, but there's nothing about [the classes] that makes the adrenaline pump...