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...Research on more than 1,000 women indicates that, unlike old versions of the BIRTH CONTROL PILL, the new ones containing low amounts of estrogen do not appear to increase the risk of stroke in healthy women...
...additional problem for the monarchy is that it is in the midst of a prolonged and unsettling succession. King Fahd, 75, suffered a stroke last year just after the Riyadh bombing and has not fully recovered. His memory is impaired. Even so, he has reclaimed the powers he transferred temporarily to Crown Prince Abdullah, 73. Abdullah, Fahd's half brother, continues to manage things day to day, even though he does not have the kind of authority he needs to control an absolute monarchy. Bandar says of Fahd, "The night of the bombing, I was with him from...
With that pen stroke, Yeltsin had hired the tough-talking maverick paratrooper for two jobs: the President's top national security adviser and secretary of the Kremlin's Security Council, which coordinates foreign and domestic policy. "This is not just an appointment," Yeltsin told reporters. "This is a union of two politicians and two programs. I will now make corrections in my own program in the areas of military reform, national security and the battle against crime and corruption...
...night, some of the Eight confess, they have anxiety dreams. Nothing so obvious as visions of gold medals around the necks of the Romanians or of losing the final by the stroke of an oar. During these tense, pre-Olympic days, what disturbs the sleep of a member of the U.S. women's eight Olympic rowing team is the idea of being late for practice--not missing it, mind you, but merely being a little late--or in some other way letting down her fellow rowers. "I had this dream that I was supposed to bring the inside...
...best, the strongest, that the race is theirs to lose. But if he doesn't push them, he believes, no one will. One day, as the Eight begin oaring down the river, he buzzes alongside them like a particularly persistent gnat, detailing the flaws in each woman's stroke, moving from bow to stern. When he is finished, he says, "That was just a quick tour...