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...book's high point is a set-piece chapter toward the end in which Kreer's enemies close in and he loses his grip. Mostly it is snippets from self- righteous letters from parishioners (with copies to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Queen) and deadly announcements of custody warfare and collapsed credit. For savagery, it's worth the novel...
There is a growing breed of shopper in gun stores and on the shooting range that fits a very different profile from the traditional sportsman. More and more are women: Smith & Wesson reports that sales of its Lady Smith line of rosewood-grip guns doubled last year. That troubles Barbara Shaw, executive director of the Illinois Council for the Prevention of Violence. "Women are being encouraged to buy guns to protect themselves," she observes. "That's the hardest argument to deal with because the fear can be very real. The gun can create an aura of control. But in reality...
...current debate over the legitimacy of testimony based on an individual's thoughts, hysteria does not grip the courts. Defendants are not convicted without corroborating evidence; countersuits against accusers and their therapists are being successfully pursued. In some cases, the courts may be favoring the defendants; many states have not altered their statutes of limitations to allow victims to bring charges for crimes that occurred many years...
...things now stand, Haiti will move deeper into the grip of a military dictatorship and Somalia will slide back into chaos. The U.N. will have shown itself incapable of restoring usurped democracy, and unable to manage large-scale humanitarian intervention. The failure of these operations will not neccasarily preclude the U.N. from trying again, but the memory of debacles past will cast serious doubt on future missions...
...here's the challenge: to reduce inflation the government will have to get a grip on the Central Bank, which up until now has been happily engaging in printing large quantities of money and passing out huge low-interest loans. Meanwhile, industrial production has been plunging as parliament has insisted on supporting state factories as a jobs program, arguing that spreading unemployment could lead to riots. With elections set for December and a presidential vote next June, Yeltsin will have to be careful not to throw too many of his potential supporters out of work as he does battle against...