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...ability, winning almost 15% in the first round last June. But now that he is on the official stage in Moscow, he is turning into something of a loose cannon in the eyes of his government colleagues. In a series of public statements Lebed called Mormons "scum," told a visitor not to talk "like a Jew," and suggested the position of Vice President should be re-established, with himself in the role. As a strongman, "I look more like a Vice President," he told state television. "I need more powers," he said, even though he described himself as "a semi...
...Before a visitor has even left Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport, he is loudly assaulted by the city's pride in itself: "Awakens as a world leader," says one postcard, among the "American-Made Collectors' Souvenirs and Spoons" in an airport gift shop, and another calls it ''a competitor's paradise." Terminal videos instruct you on how to invest money here, and a large ad reminds you that the born-again town was voted the top American city for "global companies" in 1994 by one magazine and the best city for small businesses by another. Atlanta ("A Star...
...most surprising thing about Atlanta, in fact, for a first-time visitor, is that the Civil War is being re-enacted here every day, and the issue of racial harmony is the main issue in town, even (or especially) among those who claim it is a non-issue. For decades the city has managed to generate hopeful visions of bodies reaching out to one another across racial lines, from the stories of Brer Rabbit to the 1989 movie Driving Miss Daisy. The Commission on Inter-racial Cooperation was set up here in the 1920s--but at almost exactly the same...
...visitor hasn't seen her since the Seoul Olympics, in 1988. She was a high school junior then, slightly built, 5 ft. 5 1/2 in., just turned 17. She did not own a driver's license, though she held world freestyle records in the 400-m, 800-m and 1,500-m distances. She swam with a strange, windmilling, stiff-armed stroke. "It's not one you would teach," says Mark Schubert of U.S.C., her coach these days, "but only an idiot would have tried to change...
...Boston Common Visitor Kiosk ask for a guide to the Freedom Trail and let the red line (not to be confused with the subway line) take care of the rest. Along the trail, must sees for history buffs include: the State House; the Granary Burying Ground, final resting place of not only Samuel Adams and John Hancock but also of your childhood friend, Mother Goods; Old North Church, of Longfellow fame...