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...sign of maturity, of pride in our own traditions. When a culture is insecure, like the 19th century Russians and like ourselves until recently, it has adopted French food, or an all-purpose Continental cuisine cooked by Swiss chefs. Now Americans have become confident enough to trust their own chefs, just as they have become confident enough to trust their own fashion designers...
...charges of improperly billing taxpayers $158 million for overhead costs ranging from the kenneling of an executive's dog to the purchase of a company director's kingsize bed. In announcing the sanctions, Navy Secretary John Lehman accused the third largest defense contractor of disregarding the public's trust...
COVER: Few agreements, little trust, but Reagan and Gorbachev keep trying 22 In high-ceilinged drawing rooms and before a blazing fire, for five hours alone and four with aides, the strong-willed superpower leaders strove and failed to define rules to keep U.S.-Soviet rivalry manageable. But their resolve to continue the dialogue in two future summits gives reason for hope. An inside report on their historic talks in Geneva. See NATION...
...have public hearings to allow ordinary people to debate things." That idea may sound suspiciously like democracy. But Sun, a smooth-talking constitutional-law expert who has lectured at Yale, isn't going that far. "It is science," he says, deftly sidestepping the issue. "We shouldn't trust ourselves, even if we have power. We should listen to others' opinions...
...your house and money in a will, probate is just what you'll get, say California attorneys. Michael Gilfix, a Palo Alto, Calif., estate-planning and elder-law attorney, recommends putting everything you own (except your 401(k), which goes directly to the beneficiary you name) into a revocable trust. You name your partner as your successor trustee. Then as long as you live, you manage the trust--buy, sell, whatever--just as you would anyway. If you become incapacitated, your partner manages the trust for you until you die, at which point it all passes...