Word: answering
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Does embarrassment constitute a threat to U.S. security? The answer to that question may determine which classified documents Washington releases to prosecutors investigating General Augusto Pinochet. "The decision seems to indicate that the Clinton Administration believes that the pursuit of justice is the most important consideration here," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "But this could be a Pandora's box, because it inevitably raises questions about America's involvement in the Chilean coup." Previously declassified U.S. documents implicate Pinochet in human rights abuses, but also suggest that the Nixon administration actively encouraged the coup that brought the dictator to power...
...Bosnian Serb unit that massacred 8,000 Muslim men in the U.N. "safe haven" of Srebrenica in 1995. "Even though he was on leave in Serbia at the time, Krstic would have had to authorize the killings," says TIME correspondent Edward Barnes. "He'll also be able to answer questions over Milosevic's involvement in the most important massacre...
...least a heads up -- on the 2000 Presidential election: George W. Bush or the State of Israel? As the Texas governor and potential Presidential candidate flew over the occupied West Bank Tuesday in a personally guided tour led by hard-line Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon, the answer appeared to be both...
...William Sears and Lynda Thompson, authors of The A.D.D. Book (Little, Brown), believe Ritalin can be helpful but urge parents to explore behavior-modification strategies such as neurofeedback. "Medication is never the only answer," they write. "Nor is it a cure." In mid-December, Hazelden/Rosen will be publishing Ritalin: Its Use and Abuse, a guidebook for teenagers. The author, Eileen Beal, writes that Ritalin can be quite helpful, but that there are problems that go with the territory, such as the pressure to share the medicine with classmates...
...Attention Deficit Answer Book (Plume), Dr. Alan Wachtel writes that even when medication is warranted, Ritalin is not necessarily the best choice. Also, says Wachtel, there are "behavioral techniques" and "psychological interventions" to employ. In January, Norton will be publishing Ritalin Nation. The author, Richard DeGrandpre, argues that the demand for the drug is an unfortunate result of our speeded-up society. "We're not just moving through our lives faster," he writes. "We're also acquiring a heightened need for speed...