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Supporting this incredible confession, Bush's aides have described a period of "reality therapy" for the President. "Frankly," says one, "he didn't understand the deficit until after the election. The sessions have been real eye-openers and have shown him how crucial a budget strategy is to everything else he wants to accomplish." Transition co-director Craig Fuller, who was Bush's vice-presidential chief of staff, agrees that the President has but recently delved deep into the budget. Bush is only now fully aware of the difficulties facing his "flexible freeze," says Fuller, especially if interest rates...
INCLINE OUR HEARTS by A.N. Wilson (Viking; $17.95). A London child is orphaned by German bombs during World War II and sent to live with relatives in the English countryside. What follows is a seriocomic autobiographical novel about coming of age in an age deucedly difficult to understand...
...some soldiers suffer misgivings over their mission, others feel hamstrung by bothersome regulations to go easy. On patrol in Gaza, a young army private named Shmuel complained, "Three weeks ago, when we tried to be lenient on them, it didn't work. The only thing they understand is an iron fist." Retired Major General Shlomo Gazit admitted, "I would say that a very strong majority would like to see more force used...
...failures to forecast accurately and wearied by years of feuding, economists are moving toward a more eclectic yet pragmatic ^ philosophy. Going out the window are the overly rigid, dogmatic formulas for prosperity. Many academics are attacking their peers for getting so wrapped up in mathematical models that they cannot understand the unpredictable diversity of the real world. "We have learned that the various schools of thought all have important elements of truth in them," says Michael Boskin, designated chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. "But none of them is by itself a sufficient explanation of what goes...
...same cannot be said of intravenous drug abusers, who are generally oblivious to educational campaigns about the risk of sharing needles. "Either the message is not getting to them," says Moss, "or it's not getting to them in a way they can understand." Despite the specter of AIDS, the number of addicts is still rising. At drug treatment centers run by New York City's Beth Israel Medical Center, 13% of the patients currently seeking treatment had begun shooting heroin in the past two years. "Given the information that's out there, that's pathetic," says Dr. Stanley Yancovitz...