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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...breakaway Russian province of Chechnya in 1994. But once again Yeltsin thwarted his opponents. Last Saturday one-third of the Duma failed to turn up for the most important vote in their careers. Opposition deputies claimed, without offering evidence, that the Kremlin had offered members $30,000 each to stay away...
What prompted this fourth and latest go-round? "A decade is quite a lot in the life of a performer," he says. "On paper--at least in some editions--the works stay the same, but they have to be performed, and they always present new insights. My appreciation of Beethoven has grown, and grows every day." Cementing his decision to re-record them was the prospect of what he now calls an "ideal collaboration" with the Vienna Philharmonic and his friend Simon Rattle, who at 44 is one of the world's most invigorating conductors...
HOME IMPROVEMENT Last week brought encouraging news for older Americans who would like to stay in their homes but have difficulty getting around in them. A new study in the Archives of Family Medicine shows that simple household modifications such as installing ramps, lowering cabinets and removing throw rugs--along with the use of such support devices as canes and walkers--can let frail elders remain independent at home. And the cost of these changes can be as little as one-fourth the price of in-home assistance, or a move to a nursing home. --By Daniel S. Levy
...They're phenomenal. I've been thinking about writing [the owners] a letter saying 'we miss you...we love you--please come back by June 10," said Adams House resident Lara Fox '99. "It could totally be like the Peach Pit if it would just stay open...
...evidence, for example, that marijuana can help fight glaucoma and help stem the nausea associated with chemotherapy. The new HHS policy will loosen the rules enough to make top-grade marijuana available without hassles to study these and other possible benefits -- and to help ensure that those studies stay within the confines of the nation's top research labs...