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...Russians elected Zyuganov. But they really voted for the lesser of two evils," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. For Yeltsin, the chief problem is his rapidly failing health. While a smiling, confident Yeltsin cast his ballot from a rest home outside Moscow, rumors that he continues to suffer a heart ailment persist. But for today, anyway, the Russian president was in full campaign mode, reminding Russians to get out and vote. A high voter turnout, which in many areas ran between 60 and 65 percent, was considered vital for Yeltsin's reelection. A smaller turnout would have helped Zyuganov...
...Nearly 600,000 women worldwide die each year in PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH, one-fifth more than previously estimated, finds the first comprehensive study in a decade. For each woman who dies, 30 others suffer serious pregnancy-related illnesses...
...themselves in the U.S. After the accordion maker (who, somewhat portentously, is always called that, even though Proulx gives his son the name Silvano) is killed in a xenophobic riot, the instrument finds its way to a German immigrant farmer on the Great Plains. He and his fellow Germans suffer persecution from the locals during World War I, and when he dies, the accordion winds up in Texas in the hands of a Mexican American similarly persecuted by gringos...
...though love of children is supposed to be as natural as breathing,we seem to be totally disconnected from them. It is hard to believe that we live in a culture in which adults have to be convinced that supporting children is in their own best interest. American adults suffer from a core of loneliness that is expressed in a poverty of heart and spirit, all of which our children inherit. Youngsters need more from us: love. O. FRED DONALDSON Hemet, California...
...matter who wins the Russian election, ordinary citizens will probably continue to suffer for the next 20 years. The June 16 election will not solve any problems in Russia. It is a race between someone people hate, Yeltsin, and someone they fear, Zyuganov. The truth is that no candidate has a platform to improve the everyday life of poor and middle-class Russians. JEAN-FRANCOIS HOULE Hull, Quebec Via E-mail