NEWS LITE : NAMES IN THE NEWS RICHARD GERE MEETS WITH HUNGER STRIKERS.Richard Gere met Monday with six Tibetans on a hunger strike hunger strike, refusal to eat as a protest against existing conditions. Although most often used by prisoners, others have also employed it. For example, Mohandas Gandhi in India and Cesar Chavez in California fasted as religious penance during otherwise political or to demand a U.N. investigation of human rights violations in their country. ``The six human beings represent 6 million Tibetans,'' the actor told reporters in New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , India. ``They have pledged to die and I sincerely believe that they are going to die.'' Gere, who has been advocating the cause of Tibetans for 15 years, criticized China's human rights record and said Beijing needs to be pushed on the issue. China invaded Tibet in 1949. Ten years later, the Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (dä`lī lä`mə) [Tibetan,=oceanic teacher], title of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Believed like his predecessors to be the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, 1935–, and thousands of followers fled and established a government in exile A government in exile is a political group that claims to be a country's legitimate government, but for various reasons is unable to exercise its legal power, and instead resides in a foreign country. in the northern Indian city of Dharmsala, after the Chinese crushed a Tibetan uprising. The protesters, including a 70-year-old Tibetan, began their hunger strike March 10, the 39th anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day. Shrink gives skinny on Clinton issues Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. professor of psychiatry Alvin Cooper gets his 15 minutes of fame in the current issue of People magazine, wherein he's interviewed on sexual addiction sexual addiction Sex compulsion Sexology Compulsive and ritualized sexuoerotic hyperactivity, generally under specific sexuoerotic conditions and stimuli. See Sexaholics Anonymous. . ``I think the president's alleged behavior fits the criteria,'' says Cooper. ``Though Clinton can be a fairly effective president, the question is whether he is achieving his potential. If he wasn't fantasizing about women, he could be a lot more effective.'' The remarks of Cooper, who runs the Marital and Sexuality Centre in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , are sandwiched between a story about Demi Moore's fight with her nanny and a story about a parrot that saved its owner from a fire. Thanks, but no thanks Di margarine no hit with Brits Britons gave a lackluster welcome Monday to tubs of margarine bearing the official logo of the Princess Diana Noun 1. Princess Diana - English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) Diana, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales memorial fund. On the special tubs of Flora margarine, selling for the same price as the ordinary ones, the brand name is replaced with the word ``Thanks'' and Diana's looping signature in purple script. The margarine, available for a limited time, is the first consumer product the fund has endorsed since Diana's death in a car crash Aug. 31. Trustees hope the campaign will raise $400,000 for Diana's favorite causes. There were plenty who disapproved of the royal tie-in. ``I think it is awful and tacky,'' said Mary Ashworth, a 50-year-old homemaker. ``I am a big royal fan, and I don't think this is the right way to remember Princess Diana. I certainly won't be buying it.'' Willey not eager to go back on TV Kathleen Willey Kathleen Willey was a White House volunteer aide who, on March 15, 1998, alleged on the TV news program 60 Minutes that Bill Clinton had sexually assaulted her over four years earlier, on November 29, 1993, during his first term as U.S. President. turned down CBS' invitation to come back on ``60 Minutes'' this week to talk about the friendly letters she sent to President Clinton after the incident in which she accused him of making an unwanted sexual advance. ``60 Minutes'' on Sunday added a short postscript to last week's Willey interview to mention the letters and Willey's efforts to sell her story to a book publisher. CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. and correspondent Ed Bradley were criticized for not being tough enough on Willey during the March 15 interview. Although she didn't want to be interviewed on the air, Willey was asked about the letters in an off-air conversation, Bradley said. She explained that she believed Clinton represented her best chance of getting a job, and she didn't want to lose that contact. The newsman also explained Sunday that Willey's lawyer had assured CBS before the interview that there was no deal to sell her story. ``However, it turns out that there had been conversations about a deal, a deal that fell through before she was interviewed by `60 Minutes,' '' Bradley said. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) Richard Gere meets Monday with Karma karma or karman (kär`mə, kär`mən), [Skt.,=action, work, or ritual], basic concept common to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Siju, one of six Tibetans on a hunger strike in New Delhi, India. Saurabh Das/Associated Press (2) Tubs of margarine with Diana's official logo go on sale in London. Dave Thomson/Associated Press (3) DIANA (4) Kathleen Willey Says no to `60 Minutes' return |
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