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...life of Isak X, the protagonist. During the course of a single day, when he drives across Sweden to receive an award for fifty years of service to the medical profession, he experiences a sort of mid-life crisis 40 years too late. Glimpses of his old haunts stir memories, the presence of his daughter-in-law and several hitchhikers conjure up old associations, and above all, his disturbing dreams indicate his fears and failings...
...signed Sunday evening, just hours before the onset of the Rosh Hoshanah holiday. It won't be easy. Sam Allis reports from Jerusalem that a fractious debate is expected when the Israeli parliament meets Wednesday: "Benjamin Netanyahu, the opposition leader, is very unhappy with the deal and he could stir up a lot of trouble among the conservatives." Worse, Allis says, the Israeli government fears a violent reaction from radicals in both camps. "Hamas is expected to do something really nasty during Rosh Hoshanah, and if that happens you never know how Israeli radicals will retaliate." Under the agreement, Israeli...
...Reporters get stir crazy," Kristof said. "You have to live in a compound. You're guarded 24 hours...
...cancer) compared with a watermelon-size benefit (less heart disease, less disabling osteoporosis). One should never take a medication that has theoretical benefit in the future if it decreases the quality of life in the present. But seeing a hunched-over, frail woman shuffling behind a walker has to stir the thought, What would her life be like had she been on estrogen the past 20-plus years? RICKI POLLYCOVE, M.D. San Francisco A MAJOR DISSERVICE HAS BEEN DONE TO the women of this country. The article on estrogen fed the cancer fear in women. Your report was sensationalistic. HALINA...
...taking his new position. As far as sending in troops, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) bluntly said: "It's not consultation with Congress that would be required, it would be the approval of Congress that would be required." ButTIME Washington correspondent J.F.O McAllisterobserves that Congress usually makes a big stir and then goes along with the President because "they want him to take the heat...