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...ENGINEER OF HUMAN SOULS by Josef Skvorecky; translated by Paul Wilson; Knopf; 571 pages...
...Soviets marched into Czechoslovakia, Josef Skvorecky marched out, heading for Canada. On the way, he ran across his countryman Milan Kundera in Paris. Brooding over the Nazi invasion of their homeland during World War II, the Soviet occupation of the moment and the possibility of exile, Kundera sighed, "There's been too much of everything. How much longer do you think we can last...
Kohl's prompt action effectively quieted speculation that a wholesale Cabinet shake-up would follow Lambsdorffs' resignation. The Chancellor also wanted to forestall pressure from Franz Josef Strauss, the leader of the Bavaria-based Christian Social Union (one of the three parties in the governing coalition), who makes no secret of his desire for a major Cabinet post. Strauss, however, played almost no role last week, since he was mourning the sudden death of his wife Marianne, 54, in an automobile accident...
...equipped to deal with pain. While the 20th century has brought remarkable advances in the treatment and in some cases the elimination of disease, doctors' understanding of pain is just beginning to emerge from the dark ages. "Pain is the weak link in modern medicine," says Dr. Josef Wang, director of the pain center at the Mayo Clinic. To begin with, medical students receive only the scantest introduction to the subject. A 1983 survey by Bonica of 17 standard textbooks on surgery, medicine and cancer found that only 54 pages out of a total of 22,000 provided information...
Even Europeans who dislike pacifists, fear Reagan's "star wars" push. Hardliners such as Franz Josef Strauss, the leader of Germany's conservative wing, have protested America's plans. These Europeans worry that strategic defensive systems would "de-couple" the U.S. from Europe. If the superpowers were to develop a workable ABM system--a big if--then the American nuclear guarantee would no longer be credible. The Russians could invade Europe without having to worry about an American intercontinental nuclear response...