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...Europeans have learned the hard way that political and economic engagement can be a more powerful and permanent agent of change. These days in the Balkans, it's the prospect of E.U. membership that's driving political and social transformation. Beyond the 450 million citizens who are already living in the E.U., there are another 1.3 billion people in about 80 countries linked to the E.U. through trade, finance, foreign investment and aid. Nearly a third of the world's population lives in the Eurosphere, the E.U.'s zone of influence...
...retaliation. TIME's online story, written chiefly by Cooper, appeared three days after Novak's column, and it wasn't long after that the CIA asked the Justice Department to investigate the leak. A 1982 law made it illegal for government officials to disclose the identity of a covert agent...
...craftily made and more affecting than the campy Survivor and Apprentice. And the boxers seem more earnest and less cynical than most reality shows' camera hogs. The loser of the first fight doesn't seem as if he's about to laugh it off and book a Hollywood agent. "I've been fighting since I was 5 years old," he says. "Where do I go from here...
...take an anti-inflammatory drug and all those problems go away." To pain specialists like Palmer, the hand wringing and finger pointing over the COX-2 inhibitors are the result of expecting too much from these drugs and using them with unwise abandon. "No one's expecting a chemotherapeutic agent or a liver drug to be perfect for everyone, but because pain is so prevalent, we're all in search of that magic drug that works for everyone all the time. It's such an unrealistic burden to place on a drug...
President Clinton, while declining public comment, was privately elated at Perot's announcement. And he took pains to cultivate his own image as a free agent. "The Democrats in Congress can be more partisan and lead the party, but I have to think more about leading the country," the President told Time. "I have to make clear where I stand, but I can't let that get in the way of doing what's good for the country." Clinton's most formidable rival on the Republican side, Senate majority leader Robert Dole, referring to Perot's legislative agenda, grumped...