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...never has to mow a lawn or unclog a toilet...
Nonetheless, any aspiring party chief, whatever his personal views, must be responsive to the aspirations of the Soviet political elite who constitute his power base. What will the political elite seek in the post-Brezhnev era? Certainly it wants to unclog the avenues of advancement that Brezhnev and his gerontocrats have blocked. Beyond that, the top priority is to get the country moving, after the sharp economic slowdown that has set in during the past three years. In the next generation's struggle for power, "the domestic economy has to be the major issue," says the Rand Corporation's Thane...
...McNamara wants from Tip O'Neill is a chance to debate on the issues, to let the voters choose a winner based on accurate information--not habit. Frank McNamara wants to help put America on a diet that will unclog her financial arteries and restore her to health. He wants to cut the fat out of government. Most of all, however, Frank McNamara simply wants an opportunity to provide the voters with a clear alternative. Should McNamara be given this chance, I have to wonder whether Tip's electoral fears will be confirmed come November 2. Susan Vaughan '85 Winthrop...
Balloon Angioplasty. Treatment, like testing, has improved apace. This method has been used on some patients to unclog coronary arteries laden with cholesterol plaque. A catheter is inserted into an artery in the arm or leg and guided to the blocked artery. Then a smaller tube with a tiny, uninflated balloon at its tip is threaded through the larger tube and centered in the plaque-narrowed area. The balloon is inflated for several seconds, flattening the plaque against the artery walls and opening the passage. Dr. Andreas Grvintzig at Emory University, who developed the experimental technique, says it unblocks arteries...
...professor at Berkeley, "if the cases that this system takes out of the pipeline are the ones that take several months to try normally, then that amounts to quite a bit of time saved to try many other cases in the normal court system." Because private judges can help unclog court calendars, justice can become somewhat swifter for everyone...