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...Communist Party itself is still being "rectified," though less dramatically than the police. Key sympathizers of deposed party leader Zhao Ziyang, who was sacked for supporting last year's protests, have been demoted or dismissed. Last week Premier Li Peng told reporters that Zhao, who has not been seen in public since last May, is a "free man" but is still under investigation for political crimes. Meanwhile, the party process of Maoist- style "self-criticism," or recantation, continues...
There are no doubt plenty of frontiers left for CERN to push back. Though LEP does not appear to be powerful enough to find the top quark, the "clean" electron-positron collisions could reveal many other exotic phenomena. One long shot is the much-sought Higgs boson, named for British theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, one of the first to recognize its importance. According to some theories, the Higgs boson is what gives all particles their mass. The idea is that everything in the universe is awash in a seaof Higgs bosons, and particles acquire their mass by swimming through this...
...time the Soviet Minister departed, it was clear that the fate of the tiny Baltic republic, which unilaterally declared its independence from Moscow, though big enough to be a stumbling block in the rush toward better relations, was still too small, for now, to be a decisive obstacle. "We have an awful lot at stake in the U.S.-Soviet relationship," Bush said after meeting with the Soviet Minister for 2 hours and 20 minutes on Friday. "An enormous amount at stake...
Stempel is expected to continue such Smith policies as investing in state- of-the-art manufacturing technology, improving quality and cracking down on costs. In contrast to the somewhat autocratic Smith, though, the new chief is by nature a team leader, known for listening to the troops. To rebuild customer enthusiasm, GM needs some better ideas. Industry experts who applauded Stempel's appointment hope his thorough grasp of what makes cars go will help him move more of them out of the showrooms...
...shares of a stock you don't yet own) and another when you "cover" (buying them back), just as he would if you bought and sold a stock normally. But your broker's real thrill will be the interest he earns on the proceeds of your sale. Because even though you didn't own the shares you sold (your broker borrowed them for you from another customer), you really did sell them, and your broker really did receive cash. By rights, you should earn interest on that cash. But unless you're a very big, insistent customer...