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...Stung by the snickers, Yeltsin later claimed that the brouhaha was an attempt by Gorbachev to "ruin my health and have me withdrawn from the realm of political struggle." Not so, retorted Bakatin, who called a press conference to brand Yeltsin a liar and, giving the knife a turn, charge that his story "does not hold water." Yeltsin may recover from his soaking, but he may also discover that a politician whose private life becomes the butt of jokes eventually does not have to worry about his public life. Just ask Gary Hart...
...Says Houston venture capitalist Edward Williams: "Compaq and Apple -- those opportunities in hardware have come and gone. It's too risky at the moment. It's an industry that's maturing." Adds Sematech's Noyce: "Nobody's going to be very interested when the last people in it got stung." According to Venture Economics, a market-research firm, the number of computer-hardware makers receiving venture financing fell from 397 in 1984 to 215 last year, and software start-ups getting such funding dropped from...
...Stung by this summer's loss of more than $3 million in state aid, Cambridge may be unable to raise sufficient funds to maintain basic city services without steep tax hikes, city officials said last week...
There is not much the watching world can do to stop it. Bitterly stung by previous attempts to serve as a buffer among Lebanon's feuding militias, Europe and the U.S. steered clear of direct intervention, appealing instead for a campaign of international pressure to quiet the guns. The U.N. Security Council urged an immediate cease-fire. Pope John Paul II blamed Damascus for "genocide." But the pleas had little impact on a situation that is governed by passion and irrationality. Unless a cease-fire can be brokered quickly, Syria and its allies might risk an all out assault...
...decision, the Justices rule that the freedoms symbolized by Old Glory include the right to desecrate it. -- Stung by public outrage over its last attempt to raise its pay, Congress mulls trading a raise for major reforms. -- Whose art is it? Cancellation of an exhibit by a controversial photographer triggers a debate over whether the Government is funding pornography...