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...latest evidence has left American and British officials uncertain about the exact size of Iraq's weapons-grade uranium stockpile. In theory, had Saddam's physicists proceeded unimpeded from 1985 to 1995, Iraq might have been able to amass anywhere from 200 lbs. to 1,100 lbs. of bomb-ready fuel, experts say. At present, the amount of fissionable uranium is probably still very small. "I'd be skeptical of claims that he's close to a bomb," said an Administration official. "People who come out with bold statements about how much material he has just don't know what...
...whims of the market feel vulnerable even without receiving a pink slip. Some benefits, like health insurance, may be tied to the number of hours logged, and so, in a slowdown, workers suddenly find themselves without coverage. Mayo Gonzales, a 57-year-old carpenter in Ontario, Calif., did not amass the 250 hours he needed this year to keep his benefits. "At my age -- at any age -- it's very important to have insurance because anything can happen," he says. "This is one of the worst slowdowns I have seen. We had one in the early '60s and another...
Washington is a city of midlife compromises. Bright-eyed young men and women flock to the capital, as they have since the New Deal, not because they want to make money but because they want to act on their political beliefs. They enter government; they master a specialty; they amass a Rolodex. Then maybe their party loses power or they find themselves lusting after a BMW on a bureaucrat's salary. Suddenly the former idealists are in the private sector, bartering what they learned in government in their new roles as lawyers, lobbyists, public relations consultants...
State Rep. John H. Flood (D--Canton) has less than one percent of voter support in the polls, and many said it is highly unlikely that he will be able to amass the required 15 percent without intervention on the part of other candidates...
Brian "Crimson" Keys leads the Quakers. The All-American can become only the third Ivy back ever to amass 3000 career yards rushing. Keys leads the nation in all-purpose yardage and is a leading candidate for the top 1-AA player in the country. Princeton, however, shut down the mobile senior last week, limiting him to just 65 yards on the ground. The Tigers dominated the Quakers, thrashing them...