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...once a couple of hundred million strong -- sails into view, their long tails thrashing vigorously. Lured by the chemical signal, several hundred of the most energetic swimmers close in on the egg, their narrow tips unleashing a carefully timed sequence of biochemical salvos. One substance dissolves the jelly-like veil surrounding the egg. Another softens the egg's tough outer shell, preparing it for penetration. In the last moments before conception, a few dozen sperm race to break through the final barricade...
Given the ethnic and political hostilities that have long festered in many republics beneath a veil of repression, it was inevitable that the breakup of the Soviet Union would quickly unleash unsavory nationalistic forces. Of the many republic presidents now grappling with restive populations, Gamsakhurdia has been among the quickest to resort to authoritarian tactics. On Sept. 2 his interior-ministry troops fired on anti-Gamsakhurdia protesters. The next week Gamsakhurdia jammed all Soviet and Russian broadcasts to the republic. Last week, as some 30 opposition groups brought more than 20,000 people into the streets, police arrested three opposition...
Even as countries strove to pierce the veil of deceit and corruption that shrouds B.C.C.I., fresh disclosures of the bank's influence peddling came to light. TIME has learned that Pharaon helped keep CenTrust open for a year longer than its bankrupt condition warranted after acquiring a total of 1.5 million CenTrust shares, or more than 5% of the S&L's stock, in 1988 and 1989. CenTrust was so shaky by late 1988 that regulators for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Atlanta had decided to shut it down...
Twelve years after Khomeini came to power, Iran's Islamic revolution has finally softened around the edges. The signs of fitful change are everywhere. On Tehran's streets women still observe hijab (the veil), the Islamic injunction that women keep themselves covered save for their faces and hands. But some have exchanged their shapeless black chadors for slightly fitted raincoats in colors like green and purple. Veils that are supposed to completely cover a woman's hair are inching back to reveal hints of the lush coiffures underneath. Women's lips and fingernails are beginning to sport glosses...
...collision may account for the unexpected forces at work, rather than a black hole or some other strange object. And even if there is a great mass in the galaxy, it could be made of ordinary stars. All it would take to hide these would be a veil of dust...