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...with its payroll, aides are concerned about public uprisings. Their nightmare is that both events will happen simultaneously. Speaking to TIME, a Kremlin adviser described the scenario they sought to pre-empt by firing Lebed: unrest breaks out, Yeltsin's failing health disables him, and Lebed declares the President unfit to rule, calling on the military and security structures to help him "induce order" in the country. Nobody, however, except Interior Minister Kulikov seems to take seriously the tale of an imminent Lebed-led mutiny. "It was as good an excuse as any," said a senior government official. And Lebed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: WHY LEBED GOT BOOTED | 10/28/1996 | See Source »

...stock. They discounted his womanizing and his dissembling about the draft because they liked his energy and intelligence, and the fact that he wasn't George Bush. So far, at least, voters also seem to be discounting the insistence of his foes that Clinton's character renders him unfit to retain the presidency. If some of his own men begin to make that case, however, it's a whole new ball game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOUR OWN MAN SAYS SO! | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

This additional requirement rendered Bovet unfit for the post, both Wilson and Chamberlin said...

Author: By Eugene Y. Chang, CRIMSON | Title: Restructuring Radcliffe | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

These new requirements render Bovet unfit for the post, according to Wilson and Chamberlin...

Author: By Justin D. Lerer, | Title: Radcliffe Redesigned | 1/31/1996 | See Source »

...STORIES, Dec. 11]. Surely all who read about her will wonder how anyone could be so cruel and inhuman. The answer is simple: drug abuse and lack of personal responsibility. That child should have been taken permanently from her mother at birth, when it was clear that Lopez was unfit to care for Elisa. Until we clean the streets of drugs and hold people responsible for their actions, these pathetic tales will continue to be told. May Elisa finally find peace, and may Lopez find the severest punishment available under law. MICHAEL B. DOPP Farmington, Connecticut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 8, 1996 | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

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