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...Dating in biblical times: Adam and Eve did not marry in the Garden of Eden. They dated. In fact, they almost had the world's most perfect date: neither had to worry about what to wear. But perfection makes for boring conversation. In an attempt to jumpstart the evening, Eve partook of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. The rest is history...
...election date was advanced from May 6 to March 18, as Premier Hans Modrow warned that the economy was worsening and that the government could no longer ensure public safety. Nine reform groups agreed to each name a Minister Without Portfolio to join Modrow's Cabinet. Former leader Erich Honecker was arrested and then released, being too sick to remain in jail. The homeless ex- President and his wife Margot are staying with the village pastor of Lobetal, near Berlin. Honecker will be tried for treason in March...
...Gorbachev can strengthen the presidency and simultaneously weaken the party's influence, he will have pulled off his most significant political coup to date. Far from giving up his post as party leader, Gorbachev will need that authority for the near future, until presidential powers have been legally guaranteed. And after that? There is a growing realization, even in party circles, that the "leading role" of the Communist Party, enshrined in Article 6 of the constitution, will have to go -- as long as there is a referee to ensure that the emergence of a multiparty system does not result...
...articulated no vision," says Beeferman, the only announced. challenger to Thompson to date. "There is a crisis of confidence about the willingness of the state government to do what needs to be done...
...surprise. When accountants find time for lunch they speak of little else. Whiffs of scandal occasionally become gusts, like a former IRS assistant commissioner who could not adequately explain why he charged the agency for airfare to visit his girlfriend. Burnham's audit includes abuses and inefficiencies that date back more than 50 years. Recent probes by the General Accounting Office have discovered broad areas of error and mismanagement. A study covering 1987, notes Burnham, concluded that the IRS failed to keep orderly accounts of its $1 trillion annual collections. For the same year, the GAO found that nearly half...