European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gorbachev program approved Moscow apr a the supreme soviet legislature voted Friday to endorse president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a proposed government restructuring and called on him to take urgent Steps to improve food supplies. The legislature also voted to ask its chairman Anatoly Lukyanov to urgently begin negotiations with the leaders of the parliaments in the 15 soviet republics for temporary agreements to hold the country together. In a Resolution approved in principle by a vote of 272-88, with 40 abstentions the supreme soviet endorsed a for the second time in a week a Gorbachev a proposal to eliminate the Council of ministers or soviet Cabinet and make another body the highest state Organ. The legislators also passed a Resolution a on the state of the Union that recommended that Gorbachev take All Steps a authorized by Law up to extraordinary measures in cases where there is a threat to human life health or property. The supreme soviet Resolution removed a requirement for the president to consult with leaders in the republics before taking such measures and gave the Kab responsibility for dealing with what it called a economic  the Resolution contained a gloomy assessment of the country a economic and political affairs a the situation in the country continues to Worsen and is approaching a crisis  in a 10-minute speech Gorbachev told the 542-member Assembly that a every Day is precious and urged them to move swiftly toward a new Union treaty to replace a 1924 Accord uniting the republics. The lawmakers passed a Resolution calling on Lukyanov to negotiate the treaties with his counterparts in the republics. The legislators apparently wanted soviet leaders to take Swift action because work on a Union treaty was going slowly and the need to prevent a further breakup of the Union is becoming More urgent. Saturday november 24, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 in the running Quot i 0 my Quot scr Margaret ister ship has grown to three. Alter a Eurof the exchequer John major Center l Batcher a decision to step Down As Leader of Thatcher said she would not seek re election announced they would Challenge former de Ner conservative party the race to succeed in tuesdays second round of voting foreign sense minister Michael Heseltine right the Ner in the Post a and the prime min minister Douglas Hurd left and Chan leading contender for thatchers Job. Thatcher is praised by Bush for being an outstanding ally London apr world reaction to prime minister Margaret thatchers resignation ranged from president Bush a calling her an outstanding ally and Praise from the soviets to iraqis saying it was not displeased she a going. Meanwhile two Cabinet ministers launched their campaigns to succeed Thatcher emphasizing Unity in Low key appeals Friday to a conservative party in Shock after dumping its Leader. A against everybody a wishes in the party we be got ourselves into a mess a said foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. A we can Only get ourselves out of the mess by rallying everybody by Healing the wounds.�?�. Hurd 60, and Chancellor of the exchequer John major 47, joined the race on thursday both hoping to Block Eide sense Secretary Michael Heseltine. Heseltine a Strong Solo Challenge to Thatcher in a first round ballot this past week precipitated her dramatic withdrawal thursday opening the Way for Cabinet ministers to run in the next ballot among the 372 conservative legislators. While the contenders battled for her Job Thatcher remained at her no. 10 Downing st. Office. Bush telephoned her thursday night while visiting . Troops in saudi Arabia. He told her that a we love you and said he was a very upset she was going said a spokesman. The spokesman said Thatcher told Bush about her governments decision the same Day to Send 14,000 More armed services personnel to the persian Gulf to bolster the International Force confronting Iraq. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein a government in a recent blast called Thatcher a  but iraqi information minister Latif Nassa if Jassim said thursday that Iraq was not personally hostile to her but was not displeased she was  resistance Force dissolved in Switzerland Bern Switzerland apr a secret Swiss resistance Force that would have mounted guerrilla warfare against foreign occupiers has been disbanded because the cold War is Over the government said Friday. The government was responding to a critical report by a parliamentary commission of inquiry which said the Clandestine resistance group was set up by military officials outside political control. The Force also was supposed to be used against Domestic subversion. But the danger of invasion is receding with the democratization of Eastern Europe and the government a is ready to abolish the vestiges of the cold War a the seven member Federal executive said. The government said it formally abolished the Force code named p-26, last week. Switzerland a announcement followed recent revelations of a Clandestine network of guerrilla units and arms caches organized in nato countries in the 1950s, that would have coordinated resistance in Case of a Warsaw pact invasion of Western Europe. Fridays parliamentary report said it found no evidence the Swiss group had a direct links with natos paramilitary network. But it said the group cooperated with an unidentified nato country in developing telecommunications equipment. P-26 was launched in the Early 1980s As the successor of a similar organization disbanded after the arrest of a Clumsy Swiss agent who was a a spying on Maneu vers in neighbouring Neutral Austria. The incident provoked Public scandal. About 400 people participated in p-26, most of them weapons telecommunications and psychological warfare experts the report said. The group secretly financed by the defense department maintained a network of mostly underground installations throughout Switzerland. Its commander was a private citizen who could mobilize the Force without consulting army or government. The parliamentary commission said a parallel undercover military intelligence network was set up in 1980. But it dismissed its reports As no More valuable than a careful Reading of daily newspapers. Parliaments investigation entered on Switzerland a defense ministry. The probe was launched after revelations that the ministry along with other government offices kept secret files on  passion ebbs sex still a sport expert says Vancouver a couples should View sex As sport or exercise after the passionate period of their relationship has passed says Vancouver psychologist Susan butt. Butt whose paper a the sexual response As exercise a was recently published in a new zealand sports Medicine journal says a critical period for manage breakdown occurs after three to five years. That a when the passion of biological bonding fades and an attitude change toward sex May be necessary for Many couples she says. Her paper says that when relationships last couples a move on to adopt new Bonds of emotional intimacy companionship and sexual activity As forms of competence expression sport enjoyment and  butt once Canadas top ranked Tennis player says Good sex might not be quite like hitting a Cross court backhand Winner in Tennis but there Are parallels to sport and exercise. A it depends on Peoples attitudes a butt 52, a divorced Mother of two teen agers said in an interview. A i am suggesting people would be much More realistic some of them to give up their notions of passion and  in her paper butt finds Many links Between sport and sex. A some of the parallels Between the sexual response and exercise May be observed m patterns of breathing rhythm muscle tension sweating stretching and exertion coordination timing vocalizations and consequent  a healthy monogamous sex life also promotes longevity and fitness butt said. A the person who has a Long term relationship and is exercising through sexual response with a partner May require the aerobics class less often because they will have a degree of fitness a she said. Butt also said there is Little known about the relationship Between sex and sport or physical activity. A i think there a been so much taboo and emotion surrounding the study of sexuality that the researchers today tend to be marginalized. They tend not to publish in mainstream journals a she said