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...Europeans the 20th century was a time of unimaginable horror. From the guns of August 1914 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, Europe was racked by the two bloodiest wars in history, by industrial genocide and by two murderous ideologies. For 44 years, the Continent was divided as never before. The legacy of all this is a deep aversion to - almost a loathing of - military force. For many modern Europeans, war is a ghastly, primitive business. (Every time I call my 95-year-old aunt in Britain, I get a little lecture on the evils...
...church further distorts the atmosphere; and the presence of large numbers of gay priests--forced to preach against their very identity and fight against their own need for love--only intensifies the psychological pressure of the priesthood. But conservatives are just as outraged. The abuse of children rightly provokes horror among traditional Catholics, and they have been admirably reluctant to close ranks behind the corrupted hierarchy. Besides, the most devout and trusting have often been the most victimized. "After he molested me, he would bless me," a former altar boy, abused in the Los Angeles diocese, recently told...
...Minister. Certainly no official before him has won passage of a more contentious bill, and with a larger vote in his favor: last week Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba received a resounding 194-7 vote in favor of extending his State of Emergency legislation for another 90 days. The horror of the attacks in Western Nepal (see story) contributed immensely to the bill's success, but its passage showed that Deuba may be learning how to finally unify Nepal's fractious politicians?a unity that has proved elusive in the Himalayan nation's 12 years of multi-party democracy...
...having previously taught economics and business administration at its Berkeley campus. The liberal, New Jersey-born economist earned her Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has also taught there, as well as at Princeton and Harvard - where her son, Elliott, 18, is studying government. Tyson, in mock horror, fears he'll become a politician. Married to novelist Erik Tarloff, she has written many books and articles, on such topics as Eastern Europe, high technology and global trade competition...
...people are finding it tougher to afford health care. While managed-care companies used to have the economic clout to force doctors and hospitals to take the rates they offered, a round of hospital closings and mergers has given the providers more bargaining power. And consumer anger--fueled by horror stories of insurance-company bureaucrats denying lifesaving drugs and medical procedures--has forced HMOs to ease restrictions that helped hold insurance prices down. What's more, growing numbers of businesses and consumers are abandoning HMOs. In California, the state that pioneered managed care, the percentage of people enrolled in HMOs...