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Last November he resigned under pressure as National Security Adviser. In early March he had to step down from the three-star rank of vice admiral to the two-star status of rear admiral when he became the Navy's director of long-term planning (a new three-star job would have required congressional confirmation, an impossibility now). Sometime in mid-June, he will face what, for a man of his reclusive temperament, might seem the worst ordeal of all: testifying before television cameras for the congressional select committees investigating Iranscam. And though he will be granted limited immunity, there...
Such rivalries were inevitable under cohabitation. The unusual arrangement came about because France's constitution sets a seven-year presidential term but schedules parliamentary elections, which determine the choice of a Premier, at five-year intervals. Mitterrand, the only leftist to hold the presidency in the Fifth Republic, served the first five years of his term with a parliamentary majority and then lost it to Chirac's center-right coalition in 1986. It was the first time that sequence of events had occurred. Mitterrand and Chirac cooperated well for a while, but lately political thrusts and parries between...
That can translate into substantial savings in the event of long-term illness. The average monthly charge at a traditional nursing home is more than $1,800. But the cost of living at San Antonio Gardens, when all fees are prorated over the typical life expectancy, averages just $1,100 a month. The company is able to charge such comparatively reasonable rates because about 70% of the residents die before they need full-time nursing care. San Antonio maintains a $900,000 investment fund to cover cases in which residents outlive their savings...
...serious potential risk for retirees is that a private life-care facility will go out of business. So far, 17 states license life-care facilities. Authorities often require providers to maintain a trust fund to cover long- term expenses, but bankruptcy or a sell-off of the business can cause all kinds of difficulties for residents...
...could ever accuse West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl of being unduly sympathetic toward Moscow, but as he began his second term last week, Kohl softened his stand. Speaking before the Bundestag, he noted that Gorbachev "speaks of a 'new way of thinking' in the Soviet Union" and added, "We take him at his word." Kohl also vowed to urge the superpowers to agree to the withdrawal of intermediate-range nuclear missiles from Europe...