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...citizens nostalgic for military rule, the immensely popular general might neatly fit such a vacancy. But Moncayo, calling for a "legal solution," insisted "the armed forces are not going to take power." Six months after electing "El Loco," Ecuadorians saw fit to run him out. Now their democracy has sprung three heads. Unless a political solution is reached, the military may end up choosing their own commander-in-chief...
Look for him next in a part that should come just as naturally, when he becomes the point man for Republicans pursuing the scandals that have sprung up around the Clinton White House. After only two years in the Senate, Thompson stands to become chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, with the Senate's most wide-ranging permanent investigative subcommittee at his disposal...
...info highway for most of the 1980s, the music industry is getting wired with a vengeance, and that's changing everything: how bands get heard, how performers develop followings, even how music gets distributed. In the past two years thousands of Websites catering to millions of fans have sprung into existence, from tiny one-computer home pages for garage bands in Montana to world-class monster sites like New York City-based N2K www.n2k.com) which offers thousands of titles, stages regular live Netcasts, and announced last week that it had hired legendary rock producer Phil Ramone to create...
...well-informed physicians and will be used as intended--by the truly obese, for a limited time, in conjunction with a diet and exercise program. That seems rather naive, considering the history of fen/phen. In the four years since the older treatment has been on the market, clinics have sprung up all over the U.S., especially in the Los Angeles area, to distribute Redux to eager customers. One chain alone, California Weight Loss Medical Associates, has 19 centers and a catchy toll-free number (1-888-4FEN-FEN) that it advertises in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles...
...side effects. I knew I wasn't the ideal candidate for the drug--it's supposed to be used by Chris Farley-type fatties, not guys with little potbellies. Still, I was determined to give it a whirl. I went to one of the new pill mills that have sprung up around Los Angeles, but was instantly turned off by the high-pressure jive. So I asked my cardiologist for a prescription. He reluctantly wrote one out and offered some nutritional guidance...