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...Unconsoled (Knopf; 535 pages; $25), Ishiguro's first novel since The Remains of the Day, traces much the same emotional arc as its predecessor: a buttoned-up narrator hero goes through several days of experiences and memories that finally reduce him to tears. This time, though, readers may find themselves crying a good deal earlier, not out of sympathy but frustration...
...post of sheriff is usually elected in Massachusetts, but Bailey was chosen by appointment because his predecessor, John McGonigle, left office in the wake of corruption charges. In 1996, Bailey will have run for election, a much easier for an veteran incumbent than an untested challenger...
Republicans say that the cuts are necessary to reduce the nation's debt and are the best thing the government can do to invest in the future of America. Democrats, most notably Kassenbaum's predecessor as committee chair, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.), yesterday decried the move...
Chirac, whose decision was accompanied by a pledge to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that is due to be completed late next year, justified his decision to resume testing entirely on technical and scientific grounds. His predecessor Francois Mitterrand, he explained, had interrupted a critical series of tests "a little too early" by declaring a moratorium in April 1992. In order to ensure the reliability of its nuclear deterrent, said Chirac, France had no choice but to complete its "experimental program...
...expect, years from now, historians will still ask if we should not have fought longer and destroyed more of the Iraqi army. Critics argue that we should have widened our war aims to include seizing Baghdad and driv ing Saddam Hussein from power. The critics include even my predecessor as Chairman, Admiral William J. Crowe Jr., who testified in Congress for continued sanctions and against going to war; but in his memoirs he argues that we should have continued fighting and expanded the mission to go after Saddam Hussein...