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Fresh from a badly-needed leadership victory Tuesday, British Prime Minister John Major shook up his Cabinet to present a new and -- he hopes -- more appealing face to disenchanted voters. "It's really yet another attempt of his to draw a line in the sand, and a way for the Conservatives to prepare for the 1997 election," says TIME'sBarry Hillenbrand. Surprisingly, he reports, Major gave little to the right-wing antagonists and foes of European economic integration who prompted him to call for Tuesday's risky vote in the first place. Only one far-right rival, Michael Portillo...
...interviewed for this story) has exhibited a fascination with guns and guerrilla warfare, an intense dislike of authority, a grandiose vision of himself with an attraction to the idea of martyrdom, and, as one ally puts it, the ability to "talk until most people have turned to sand." If anything, Koernke appears to have become increasingly himself. That mix of characteristics did not make him popular early on. But eventually he located an America, or part of an America, that prized them and, within a few short years, turned him from a near outcast into a leader...
...context of a multitude of issues--HMO'sand managed care, the New Pathway curriculum atHMS, specialization versus primary care--Langonerepeatedly argues that many of the students becomedehumanized, over-specialized and one-dimensionalas a result of the fierce pre-med race. As aresult, they end up knowing little about realdoctoring and interacting properly with patients...
...failed to get even a majority of that panel to endorse those ideas in December. Today, the senators took their warnings directly to the people: "As a nation, we are consciously damning our children to a very grim future if we simply continue to hide our heads in the sand and pretend that this massive problem doesn't exist," said Simpson. He plans Senate hearings on the matter this year...
...uncovered the tomb of Alexander the Great in Egypt, but now another has clearly hit pay dirt. Today, French archaeologist Jean Leclant unveiled a previously unknown, 4,000-year-old pyramid at Sakkara, a locale famous for its step-pyramid (an early model). Long hidden in the sand, the royal monument looks more like a pile of rock than the great pyramids on the Giza plateau, which lie north. Inscriptions found at the site dedicate it to Queen Meritites, who (for the genealogically-minded) may have been the daughter of Pharaoh Pepi I, who ruled during the 6th Dynasty...