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...definitions of art and pornography are hotly debated topics. Most people just say, "Fine, I just don't went to pay for it with my taxes." I wish I could do that with aircraft carriers, Jesae Helms's salary and the racist death penalty system...
Stocks rose sharply, as third-quarter earnings reports continued to come in above analysts' expectations. Some examples: Compaq's profits soared 88%; aircraft maker Northrop Grumman's earnings rose 50%; and AMR, the parent of American Airlines, reported a 74% profit gain. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 18.50 points, to 3936.04, on heavy trading (319 million shares on the NYSE). The S&P 500 climbed 2.62, to 470.28. NASDAQ stocks jumped 5.81, to 770.62. Bond prices declined, meanwhile, as the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury rose to 7.90% from 7.87%. The price of gold rose...
Bill Clinton did not claim mission accomplished, but he was eager to declare the U.S. occupation of Haiti a success. Aboard the newly returned aircraft carrier U.S.S. Eisenhower in Norfolk, Virginia, last week, the President told 1,500 sailors and officers that by landing in Haiti, they had "brought a new day to people who thought they would never get it." On behalf of the American people, he was delivering a "heartfelt thank...
...Defense Department are about to harness some of their most sensitive technologies against a new enemy: cancer. Highly classified imaging techniques used in spy aircraft and satellites will now be adapted to spot breast tumors, according to Clinton Administration officials, who will announce the plan this week. "Defense and CIA capabilities are estimated to be about 10 years ahead of medical imaging," says Dr. Susan Blumenthal, deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services. But researchers believe technology that enables computers to recognize the shadowy outlines of enemy positions -- say, tanks hidden behind trees -- can also be used to pick...
Massed troops in southern Iraq fueled speculation that Saddam Hussein was preparing to reinvade Kuwait. The U.S. responded swiftly, ordering 4,000 Army troops from Georgia to Kuwait and dispatching the aircraft carrier George Washington to the Persian Gulf region. In London the British Defense Ministry announced that it was sending an extra frigate to patrol the waters off Kuwait. But the Baghdad government defended Iraq's right to move troops within its own borders, and there were no signs of panic in Kuwait...