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...infuriated by Richard Nixon's meetings with Yeltsin's political archenemies in Moscow, canceled planned talks with the former President. Nixon, on a 10-day private visit to Russia, met with former Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, who led a bloody rebellion against Yeltsin last October. Yeltsin later appeared to soften his stand but said he couldn't reschedule the meeting because of the death of his mother...
...most practical way to use the new technology will be in genetic screening. Doctors will be able to detect all sorts of flaws in DNA long before they can be fixed. In some cases the knowledge may lead to treatments that delay the onset of the disease or soften its effects. Someone with a genetic predisposition to heart disease, for example, could follow a low-fat diet. And if scientists determine that a vital protein is missing because the gene that was supposed to make it is defective, they might be able to give the patient an artificial version...
...smaller, make it smaller." Jackson has said it was the painful after-effects of scalp surgery that started him on his addiction to drugs. One source has told TIME Jackson may have abused prescribed Demerol, a narcotic the singer first used when he was receiving steroid treatments to soften scar tissue...
...Warsaw the visa entrance to the American embassy is on Ulica Piekna -- Beautiful Street. And it has got prettier. In the past four years, the Americans have installed flower beds and wooden benches for the people in line for visa interviews. Perhaps the amenities are meant to soften the disappointment: now that the communists are no longer playing watchdog, it falls to embassy personnel to limit the traffic to America. And although roughly 10 times as many people will be granted visas this year as were in 1987, veterans of Ulica Piekna say half of those waiting here will...
...there are others who declare, "Nonsense! We have turned our backs on the no-pain no-gain '80s -- our lack of will is making us, uh, pillowy." Just go with the age theorists for a moment: unless you are the issue of Mick Jagger out of Twiggy, you will soften, droop and bulge with the years, as muscle gradually turns to fat. There is no argument there. The nation, with its glut of middle-aged baby boomers, is getting older. It is reaching again for baggy jeans (described as "comfortable fit" by some gentle-minded manufacturers). It is discovering...