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...surprised and impressed by the new Secretary. Said a senior NATO official: "He has manner, presence and style. He didn't use the line that he was a 'new boy'; that would have turned off the Europeans immediately. He conveyed the feeling of a man in command...
...surprise raid against a Seoul university campus where student organizers had been meeting to plan new tactics; 18 suspected leaders were arrested. Simultaneously, 2,000 other police surrounded the school and detained other activists as they tried to run away. Then, within hours, the army's Martial Law Command proclaimed a broad crackdown that appeared to give the military all but official control over the country's political life. All schools were ordered closed until further notice. Political gatherings were banned. According to some reports, it was feared that even further sessions of the National Assembly might...
...evening belongs to their el ders. Jazz Singer Edith Wilson, who made her Town Hall debut in 1921, shows that she can still command the stage with a witty, mischievous He May Be Your...
...label tied round its neck. Printed on it is a short, direct message: DRINK ME. Prudently, Alice looks to make sure there is no additional marking saying POISON, mindful that imbibing toxic liquids "is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later." Discovering none, she obeys the command-and shrinks to a height of ten inches...
Much like the unsuspecting Alice, today's patients frequently feel they are falling into a drug Wonderland. All too often the powerful pills and potions prescribed by doctors come with nothing more than the pharmacist's typed label bearing the drug's name and the unedifying command: "Take as directed." Even if the physician has provided added information in his office, it may be woefully inadequate. Given hurriedly, short on detail, with possible harmful consequences glossed over or even omitted, the instructions frequently seem to be following the hoary 16th century precept of England's Royal...