7 JANUARY 1995, page 13

If Symptoms

persist.. . THE ENTIRE nation has been plunged into deep, indeed inconsolable, mourn- ing over the untimely demise of Freder- ick West. News of his death came as a shock, to me......

A 40 Billion A Day Habit

Robert Haupt examines the financial consequences of the Chechen war, and argues that the West should reconsider its aid to Russia Moscow THE RESPONSE of western governments to......