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Through it all, public suspicion will continue to fester. "Yeltsin may win honestly," says Paul Goble, an assistant director at Radio Free Europe, "but nobody in Russia is going to believe it." Naturally, Russians have already reduced the outcome to a joke: Yeltsin is asked what will happen if he wins the election. He replies, "Russia will have a new President." And if he loses? Yeltsin answers, "Then you will have your old President." New or old, the President may have revived his campaign, but he has not restored much respect for himself or the office he holds...
Every catastrophe is so engraved in our genes that it's easy to conceive of the world in terms of fear, suspicion, being on alert; to dichotomize everything as if there are no nuances between living and dying. I don't say that some of the dangers are not real. Many of our fears are justified; after all, we're not surrounded by the Salvation Army...
...will be offered in 17 lots, each containing as many as 433 covers. Only one lot contains a single cover: that of Marilyn Monroe, which is expected to fetch as much as $1,500. Jackie Kennedy might have been promising were it not for the suspicion that in her case the cover was signed by a White House secretary...
Still, the suicide of a public official under suspicion has become a familiar ritual in Washington of late. Among those who have chosen to end their life rather than face possible public humiliation are former deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster, who shot himself before the Whitewater investigation; John Hemperley, the chief budget officer of the Library of Congress, who came under suspicion for possible financial improprieties; and Ernie Blanchard, the Coast Guard's top press spokesman, who faced a possible court-martial because of sexually offensive jokes he told in a speech. Each victim, of course...
...while love in bloom may dazzle audiences, in the music business it can incite suspicion and jealousy. Some agents and managers hint darkly that Alagna has used his clout to get plum recording deals for Gheorghiu. Others say Alagna doesn't need to throw his weight around; Gheorghiu can scheme quite nicely on her own. Certainly some intricate maneuvering took place during negotiations for a new recording of Romeo et Juliette, masterminded for RCA by Placido Domingo, who plays the hero. Gheorghiu backed out of a pledge to the project--but guess who she will record the opera with...