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<text id=93TT2325>
<title>
Jan. 18, 1993: The Latest Triumph of Russian Science
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Jan. 18, 1993 Fighting Back: Spouse Abuse
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 15
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<body>
<p>By SOPHFRONIA SCOTT GREGORY
</p>
<p>The Latest Triumph of Russian Science
</p>
<p> The threat of speeding tickets has spurred the swift
development of RADAR-EVASION technology--and not just in
car-crazed countries like the U.S. and Japan. The
military-communications journal Signal reports that at a
military laboratory northeast of Moscow, scientists are
conducting a new kind of applied research: painting their
automobiles with the stealth coatings designed to protect
Russia's high-performance aircraft from detection by radar.
Invisible to radar guns, the lab docs expect to zip along the
roads ticket-free.
</p>
<p>On the Naughty List
</p>
<p> While Casper Weinberger and five other suspects in the
Iran-contra affair got pardons for Christmas, the Santa in the
White House was not so generous to everyone. CLARK CLIFFORD, 85,
the onetime Defense Secretary indicted for helping the Bank of
Credit & Commerce International secretly buy two U.S. banks,
received coal in his stocking. He was up for consideration, but
counsel C. Boyden Gray recommended against a pardon, and Bush
agreed. Reason: Clifford's indictment suggests he reaped a
bundle from his B.C.C.I. connection.
</p>
<p>Exclusive, Members Only, Sort Of...
</p>
<p> It doesn't always pay to plan ahead. Back in August the
Clinton for President Committee rewarded faithful donors with
"CLINTON TEAM" lapel pins, individually numbered. The pin and
number would supposedly serve as a security pass to a "members
only" Inaugural victory celebration. About 115,000 folks donated
$13 million, and many of them got psyched up for the big party.
But the promise was forgotten. After complaints started coming
in, invites were finally sent out to the special event: the
opening ceremonies at the Lincoln Memorial. It's so exclusive
that it's only open to the public.
</p>
<p>Here's One That's Going Well, Bill
</p>
<p> George Bush will bequeath Bill Clinton messes in Bosnia,
Iraq and Somalia, but the outgoing President hopes to have one
situation pretty well cleaned up. Before leaving office, he may
be able to lift the long-standing economic embargo against
VIETNAM. Behind-the-scenes negotiations are under way, and
Vietnam has already made commitments on some remaining critical
issues, including access to POW/MIA records. Dissolving the
embargo would enable U.S. companies to compete in the Vietnamese
market with the Japanese and Australians already doing business
there. If Clinton wants it, diplomatic relations could resume
within six months.
</p>
<p>Double Helix II
</p>
<p> JAMES WATSON, co-discoverer of DNA's structure, is hard at
work on an autobiography, and the science world expects it to
be every bit as frank and irreverent as The Double Helix, his
acclaimed account of his Nobel-prizewinning work. In the sequel,
there may be some choice words about Bernadine Healy, his former
boss at the National Institutes of Health. Disputes between the
two helped lead to Watson's resignation as head of the mammoth
project to map the human genome.
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</article>
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