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...expected the Resolution Trust Corporation, the oddball agency cobbled together in 1989 to undertake the largest federal bailout ever, to liquidate more than 800 savings and loans without a hitch. And the dubious were right. From the beginning, the RTC, whose charter is to find and prosecute the crooked, the greedy and the inept among the nation's thrift managers, has been dogged by questions of efficiency, propriety and conflict of interest. Last week three RTC attorneys had more bad news; they testified on Capitol Hill that they had been blocked from prosecuting former S&L officials...
...contrary to what American researchers think," he was not persuaded by the evidence that there must be a new virus. No, he did not believe the HIV- free infections supported the dubious theory that HIV is innocent of causing AIDS. And yes, he is still optimistic that effective vaccines will be found, probably before the year 2000. He, for one, does not plan to be working on AIDS for the rest of his career. But then, who knows? "Dogmatism is a deadly sin in science," says Montagnier...
...most dubious innovation was trust-fund athletics. Competitors could receive appearance money and endorsement contracts, but the money had to be deposited in trust funds. It amounted to money laundering for athletes. Funds for expenses could be withdrawn, and the whole could be cashed out upon retirement. Accountants could not even call this deferred income, but it was the fig leaf needed for eligibility...
...cucumbers were available for about half the average monthly wage. Bottles of beer and slivovitz -- hoarded or, as many mutter angrily, stolen -- are available at outrageous prices. Puzic bought toothpaste, soap and a bundle of broad coltsfoot leaves. "I've never eaten it before," she sighed with a dubious glance at the tough, shiny weeds normally used for treating asthma. "But what else is there?" In Sarajevo outright starvation is not a threat, though hospitals are reporting cases of scurvy...
...whopper, all right. But Jean- Claude Van Damme is appealing as a "UniSol" whose memories of a previous life recur and lead him into rebellion. Roland Emmerich's film may be nothing more than lowbrow, high-cal entertainment, but with the action genre now encrusted with dubious aspirations (Alien 3, Batman Returns), it's good to get back to the bloody basics with a little style and self-satirizing...