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...obtained decisions for the abolition of sanctions and boycotts. They want him to deliver the goods in terms of an irreversible political reform. I don't regard it as reform. I would use a strong word. It is the betrayal of the right of a nation, for the sake of a unitary state that would be acceptable to certain people abroad...
...depict beauty and intense eroticism. His portraits of celebrities and friends are marked by highly aestheticised definition and exaggerated characterization. He forces us to ask ourselves where we draw the line between the visual appeal of the daring revelation of taboo images and the depiction of images for the sake of sexual arousal...
...Gang rape is too frequently dismissed as (somehow more acceptable) group sex, for instance. Women are frequently pressured to drop charges. Says Gail Abarbanel, director ! of the rape treatment center at the Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center in California: "A victim seeking redress often finds herself silenced for the sake of the university's athletic success." A classic example occurred in 1983, when University of Maryland basketball coach Lefty Driesell telephoned a coed in an attempt to have her drop an accusation of sexual misconduct against one of his players. Driesell's action drew only a reprimand from the school...
...Boris Yeltsin and conservative Ivan Polozkov, the new leader of the Russian republic's Communist Party? "Fate has brought these three to such a position that they have no right to be responsible just for themselves," replied Ivashko. "They are all aware of this and will cooperate for the sake of common interests. A lot will depend on how much time it takes." And a lot will also depend on how Ivashko handles his job as Gorbachev's right-hand man in the party...
...first time. Though it will never speed faster than a leisurely 8 knots or carry more than 10 passengers, the Yamato No. 1's maiden voyage will be as unique as the first time Robert Fulton steamed up the Hudson River. Christened last week with a bottle of sake, the Yamato is the world's first vessel to propel itself through the water using the power of magnetism...