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...hearing about the most is the collapse of the school system, the IRS of childhood.) But her parents have had trouble winning over community leaders. When Diane asked to address the local Girl Scout troop, she was turned down by a scout leader who was worried that Diane would alarm the girls. "Scouts prepare for emergencies lasting 72 hours," says Diane. "We just want to extend that to six months." And if the year 2000 arrives and civilization doesn't fall to pieces? She laughs. "I don't have to buy groceries for a long time...
...them presumably innocent--weigh the ease of submitting to a DNA test against their right to refuse and the suspicion that would be raised if they did. It's a problem that is becoming more and more familiar--and, for civil libertarians, cause for more and more alarm. "These are technologies in which powerful organs in society control members with less power," frets Philip Bereano, a member of the American Civil Liberties Union's board of directors. "They are inherently violative of civil rights...
...malfeasance. The psychiatric authorities too are expecting their own Y2K deluge -- they're anticipating a sharp increase in the "Jerusalem Syndrome," in which around 50 tourists a year are seized by the delusion that they're a reincarnated Biblical figure. The odd Solomon or Job won't cause much alarm, but there are also an awful lot of warriors in the Good Book...
...rely on prosecutors to exercise discretion. A novice at the job, Starr saw no virtue in restraint, without realizing how his zeal in pursuit of the President would alarm the jury that was called to judge them both. If nothing else, his legacy is plain: he will probably destroy the institution that created him. The independent-counsel statute, born of an impeachment drama 24 years ago, is likely to die in the throes of this one. We may well, as a result of his efforts, conclude that the government can't be trusted to investigate those in the government...
...spiritual advisers: An alarm clock that chimes Allahu Akbar ("God is great"), the Muslim call to prayer...