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...alone. The drama of the past two weeks has done little to alter the daily routine in Pushkino. On the sidewalk in front of state stores, residents lined up to choose from the usual meager selection of canned goods and wilting vegetables, the relentless rain of an early autumn only adding to their discomfort. Outside the textile factory where he works, Ivan Shlykov, 47, waited for a bus under a shelter latticed with a hammer and sickle. "They can throw away all these symbols and drive the Communist Party underground," he said, "but what difference does it make...
That's the sort of question a certified tennis nut asks himself halfway through Hard Courts, John Feinstein's long and relentless examination of the men's and women's pro-tennis tours. If the game's mood is as brackish and the players are as egomaniacal as this guy says, what am I doing here? It's a grouchy, spoilsport question, whose answer probably is that tennis watching is for those of us who always wanted to throw our oatmeal on the floor when we were little but were afraid the referee would default...
...unqualifiedly good idea. Who wouldn't applaud the downfall of an odious dictator and the return of Panamanian democracy after 21 years of military rule? Unfortunately, things are not that simple. From Noriega's seizure in Panama to his long incarceration without bail, the U.S. government's relentless pursuit of the general has been a cause for concern to civil libertarians and constitutional experts...
Thompson's welfare reforms, says Milwaukee political analyst Charles Sykes, reflect a "Germanic tradition ((that)) is progressive but based on a bedrock sense of responsibility." As minority floor leader in the state legislature from 1981 to 1986, Thompson was known as "Dr. No" because of his relentless partisanship. He reinforces that hard-nosed image today with a sign on his desk that says NO SNIVELING. A 10-ft.-tall "Governor's Veto Pencil" stands in the corner; he has used the line-item veto more than 1,000 times since taking office...
...rapidly changing industry, IBM and Apple have found much in common lately. After years of dominating their own spheres of influence, they now face similar woes: declining market share, relentless low-cost competitors and rapidly aging technology. While IBM and Apple remain the biggest players, with a combined market share of 38%, their rivalry has lost its potency, as brand loyalty has given way to price competition. Today IBM and Apple are more like a pair of aging prizefighters whose bout gets second billing...