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...reasons for the crisis are complex. One obvious cause is communism's long and repressive reign. "Health care is no different from any other realm of our life," says Mikhail Prudkin, a Moscow oncologist. "All these problems did not emerge just in these past five or 10 years. They have been piling up for more than 70 years." Industrial pollution, careless handling of radioactive materials, poor safety standards in the workplace have all contributed...
...last week, foreign affairs experts like former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger and Senator John McCain voiced their exasperation with the North. They insisted that the regime's latest violations had gone beyond the realm of diplomatic debate, and they called for tough sanctions against Pyongyang and preparations for war if necessary. If the North's nuclear program is not stopped, declared Eagleburger, there will be no hope of controlling the spread of nuclear weapons in the world, and "it ought to scare the pants off everybody." Said McCain: "The only thing that convinces people like Kim Il Sung...
Mormons believe in a form of spiritual pre-existence -- though not in reincarnation. They have a complex system of the afterlife as well -- there is a three-tier realm of glory with the highest echelon reserved for believers, the next for well-meaning nonbelievers, the last for the devil and his angels. Adherents worried about the fate of their nonbeliever ancestors can have deceased relatives baptized vicariously. Thus Mormons zealously compile genealogies so all ancestors can eventually be baptized. Meanwhile, males must become lay "priests" and serve as missionaries (currently numbering more than...
...findings in his book are more akin to the spiritual realm, not the physical he says...
Take, for example, President Rudenstine's re-appointment early last month, of Dunster House Co-Masters Karel and Hetty Liem to a two-year term. The Liems, of course, are the proud dictators of a strife-torn realm. Two years ago, they refused to rehire a non-resident tutor who expressed views they found disagreeable. And for some time, they allowed--even condoned--the behavior of a resident tutor who allegedly threatened and intimidated students and colleagues and practiced flagrant nepotism...