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...rally in the Writers' Union House in Moscow, Yavlinsky, 43, leader of the Yabloko bloc, managed to win a few laughs from his earnest audience. During the election campaign, he quipped, the government has promised to do just about everything "except restore virginity." Turning to the topic of the President's health, Yavlinsky wanted to know if "Kremlin" orders would now have to be described as decisions by "the Central Clinical Hospital." It was just the sort of display of intelligence and humor that have made the boyish-looking economist the darling of Moscow's liberal intellectuals ever since...
...Chicago." Jackson's main challenge is expected to come from Emil Jones, the Illinois State Senate minority leader. Grace says that Jones should be able to get the voters to the polls, but once there "they are just as likely to vote for Jackson. They are an undisciplined bloc." Four Republicans are also campaigning for the seat, although it is assumed it will go to the Democratic nominee. A general election will be held on December...
...Chicago." Jackson's main challenge is expected to come from Emil Jones, the Illinois State Senate minority leader. Grace says that Jones should be able to get the voters to the polls, but once there "they are just as likely to vote for Jackson. They are an undisciplined bloc." Four Republicans are also campaigning for the seat, although it is assumed it will go to the Democratic nominee. A general election will be held on December...
...attempt to accelerate the peace process, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres named new cabinet ministers and forged a new coalition within the parliament, aligning his Labor Party with the pro-peace Meretz bloc and two members of a right-wing faction. TIME's Johanna McGeary reports from Jerusalem: "Peres is making the right decisions. The coalition is essentially the same coalition Rabin had before he was killed. Peres is in a very strong position right now, because of the reverberations from the assassination. Peres is riding on that. He also very wisely moved some younger Labor Party leaders into...
...parliamentary campaign got off to a stumbling start last week when the Central Electoral Commission refused to register the Yabloko bloc of economist Grigori Yavlinksy, citing a technicality: the group had violated election laws by dropping six names from its list of more than 200 candidates without supporting documents. The surprise decision to exclude the only reformist group in the present parliament with a serious chance to do well in the election set off an immediate firestorm of protest. Yavlinksy claimed that officials "in the top echelons of power" were taking advantage of the President's illness to settle political...