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...they had to wade through an ocean of yelling Yeltsinites. To make sure the ban was enforced, the President took police powers away from the city council and turned them over to the national Interior Ministry, which mustered a virtual army of trucks, water cannons and troops in riot gear. Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov spoke of "looming threats," and Anatoli Karpychev, deputy editor of Pravda, the party daily, charged that radicals were planning a coup. Declared he: "Preparations for the final storming of the Kremlin have already begun...
...ruling does not have a significant impact on [external] business because we already have the policy and procedures in place," Foss said. "We just need to gear up more people and by the fall term we will be ready to process everything...
Over time, most families adjust. After putting her husband "on a pedestal," Laura Root of Sterling, Ill., is looking forward to the shock of gritty reality: "I can't wait to have a fight and get back to normal." Military support services have moved into high gear to alert families to the dangers lurking ahead. Says the Navy's Falk: "We want them to understand that all this is normal...
With the Persian Gulf crisis as a fresh reminder that oil supplies are uncertain, interest in alternative fuels for vehicles is suddenly stronger than it has been in years. From automakers to energy companies, the race to develop a clean and dependable substitute for gasoline is in full gear. Chrysler recently unveiled a battery-powered prototype of its popular minivan. GM is experimenting with automobiles that run on methanol, a form of alcohol that comes from such sources as coal and wood. United Parcel Service recently tested delivery trucks that burn propane rather than gasoline. Mercedes-Benz has developed...
...housing surge continues to gather momentum, as most industry economists seem to think it will, it can help to power the U.S. economy out of recession, in part by setting off a chain reaction of other purchases: furniture, linens, home electronics and all the other gear a home requires. Happily, the phenomenon seems to be affecting all regions. Even in areas like New England, which is still firmly in recession's grip, some of the better houses are selling as quickly as brokers can list them. At the Greater Boston & Real Estate Board, officials say pending sales...