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...Germany can be seen for what it always was -- an unnatural act and, almost inevitably, a temporary condition. Nazi war criminals could be hanged, but their nation could not be permanently drawn and quartered. The zones occupied by the Western Allies merged, naturally, into the Federal Republic within five years. East Germany was always a rump state, unnaturally dependent on an ideology and a reign of fear, both imposed by Moscow. The beginning of the end came last October, when Mikhail Gorbachev visited East Berlin and announced, almost in so many words, that Erich Honecker...
...Britain and Union Bank of Switzerland. A glance at a list of the world's largest banks gives a clear view of the winners and losers in the bruising battle. Of the world's 20 top banks, 14 are Japanese, led by giant Dai-Ichi Kangyo (assets: $413 billion). Five are European, topped by France's Credit Agricole (assets: $243 billion). Only one, Citicorp ($231 billion), is American. In fact, of the 50 largest banks in the world, only three are American: Citicorp, Chase Manhattan and BankAmerica. "U.S. banks are pygmies in a world of giants," says Lowell Bryan...
...five years Gorbachev has been in power, his every move has been dogged by these two men, shadow members of a strange political troika. Ligachev was the archconservative, unwilling to sacrifice ideological certainties for the risks of change; Boris Yeltsin, the maverick populist, wanting to go further, faster in forcing the pace of reform. At times the two have seemed like Gorbachev's alter egos, the right and left boundary markers on his political horizon. But mostly they have been his rivals, vying to force him off the careful centrist course he has charted for himself...
...National Park Service has sold campsites ($7-$15 a night) in 13 of the most popular parks through the Ticketron reservation service. So great is demand at Yosemite that the 200-plus daily openings, which go on sale eight weeks in advance, are snapped up in less than five minutes. Even bicyclists hoping to pedal Canyonlands National Park's scenic Island in the Sky trail in Utah must apply at least two months ahead. Most parks keep a portion of sites off the Ticketron computers, offering them to campers on a daily basis. But getting a space without a reservation...
Getting on the water is also difficult. Most of the 22,000 slots for riding the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon go to commercial companies. Individuals face a minimum waiting time of three to five years. The toughest permit: the one to traverse Northern Idaho's Selway River, a rafter's prize because it is navigable only a few weeks of the year. The odds of winning the pass...