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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...duty in Vietnam. He lost two legs and an arm to a grenade explosion and, as he describes in his brutally honest memoir, Strong at the Broken Places, came home to battle indifferent medical care, bouts of depression and social rejection. Among the low points: going out on a date and, while crossing the street, sliding out of his wheelchair into oncoming traffic. Through sheer determination, Cleland was elected state senator from his hometown, headed up the Veterans Administration under President Carter and went on to become Georgia's top statewide vote getter as a three-term secretary of state...
...hope for his future support. For the time being, the power struggle among the President's men is taking place in the shadows. Most of the would-be contenders deny indignantly any thought of succeeding Yeltsin. But the operation is looming--his doctors are expected to name a date on Sept. 25 and are warning that the President is facing a "big and serious" operation. Depending on the outcome, the struggle will either flare up into the open or abruptly subside, until the next crisis...
...standout at the Growth Company Fund. Fidelity's array of 35 sector funds, each of which invests in specific industries, makes sense for those with a hunch about, say, oil companies or food stocks. For instance, its Select Retailing Portfolio's yield in 1996 to date is 25%; Energy, 19%. The company's technical sophistication lets consumers get at their accounts by phone, personal computer and, soon, the Internet...
...Florida and California. Most teenagers seem to take "Liquid X," as it is sometimes called, to get high. But GHB is also known on the street as "Easy Lay," and authorities fear it may be taking the place of Rohypnol, the tranquilizer that made headlines last year as the "date-rape drug...
...nearly tasteless. It can quickly depress the respiratory system, particularly when mixed with alcohol. The risk is that not enough oxygen gets to the brain, triggering both unconsciousness and loss of memory. "A substance that knocks out the victim and leaves her with amnesia makes the perfect agent for date rape," says Michael Ellis, director of the Southeast Texas Poison Center. Unfortunately, as the Farias case makes clear, the dose required to knock someone out isn't much lower than the one that kills...