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...about Zyuganov than about those around him: "If Russia's Communists had evolved as their Central and East European colleagues have, if they were really social democrats, then there would be no reason to worry about Zyuganov's coming to power," says Gorbachev. "But Russia's Communists want a strict Stalinism. If Zyuganov resists them, he could be pushed aside just...
...considered for the No. 2 spot. That's usually a sign that someone wants the job badly. But since then, Whitman, 49, hasn't merely closed the door, she has locked it. Whitman made herself unacceptable when she announced last month that she opposed not only the party's strict antiabortion platform plank but also a ban on partial-birth abortions. That pro-choice stance has made her anathema to party conservatives and puts her beyond Dole's reach. Not that she was a shoo-in to be a heartbeat away. Dole may have taken a dim view of Whitman...
Creating a successful game within the strict confines of a cartridge player requires cramming a cast of characters and their play environment into the computer equivalent of a Tokyo love hotel. But Miyamoto says Nintendo 64's powerful new graphics capabilities will change all that. "Up to now, we have had trouble making games look as real as possible," he says. "But now these problems have been solved. These new engines will be a real challenge to game creators...
...Jimmy," an eight-year-old heroin addict, was found to have been fabricated. Now she has resurfaced in the pages of GQ magazine, telling her story to onetime colleague and lover Mike Sager. Cooke says that as a child she learned to lie as a way of avoiding her strict father's temper. Unfortunately, liars who indulge their vice publicly and get caught don't have many career options. "I'm in a situation where cereal has become a viable dinner choice," says Cooke, who is divorced and works part time at a department store in Kalamazoo, Michigan...
...help he gave Mugabe's independence struggle in the 1970s), Mengistu lives in luxurious exile in a government-supplied villa in an exclusive suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, safe from repeated extradition requests. He remains in virtual seclusion with his wife and at least one son, under strict instructions to keep quiet. According to some reports, Mengistu has purchased other properties in Zimbabwe, and serves as a "consultant" to the country's security services. The consultancy, however, may be of a very personal nature: late last year his tight 24-hour police protection foiled an apparent assassination attempt...