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...officials say it is only a temporary setback in their effort to show that the practice was legal...
...Another setback is the shrinking academic marketplace," Wolff says. "In 1994, the federal law which required retirement for academicians will expire, aggravating an already dismal hiring pattern caused by the recession...
...dollar slump and the ripple effect felt by other currencies staggered stock and bond markets around the world. Business and consumer confidence, already shaky, suffered another setback. Investors watched helplessly as early in the week stock prices sank and long-term interest rates turned upward, depressing investments and driving up mortgages and other borrowing costs. "Rising rates and a falling dollar -- that's the definition of a currency crisis," says C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics in Washington. "What it says is that foreigners are pulling out of both U.S. currency and financial markets...
...emotional late-night television address, Shevardnadze admitted that this latest setback to his plans was a "personal defeat." But he made it clear that his patience with Gamsakhurdia's rebellious followers had finally run out. Sounding a decidedly militant note, the onetime international peacemaker called on all Georgians to support him in crushing "the forces of evil." To match words with deeds, some 3,000 heavily armed national guard troops were dispatched to western Georgia, where support for Gamsakhurdia remains strong. In the breakaway region of Abkhazia, fierce fighting broke out after government forces sealed off the area...
Moreover, any setback to Bush's health before November would strengthen the Veep factor. In response to persistent rumors that he is ill, Bush and his doctor last week reiterated that his health is excellent, despite his bout last year with Graves' disease and his vomiting and collapse, caused by intestinal flu, at a state dinner in Tokyo last January. Reporters and staffers who try to keep pace with Bush find him exceptionally fit and energetic for a man of 68. Still, as a Bush friend observed, "he hasn't had much fun in this job lately, and that shows...