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...Year's resolution, Massachusetts this month became the nation's 14th state to institute a law requiring all occupants of a motor vehicle to wear a seat belt...
Three other states--California, New Mexico and Connecticut--also enacted seat belt laws January 1. Law enforcement officials have said the new laws could cut traffic deaths by 1000 per year in California alone...
...WORLD OF Robertson Davies is akin to a Gothic Cathedral. Amid gargoyles, demons, angels, saints, monkish chants, exotic beasts, and arcane spells, Davies weaves his enchantments. With the Depford Trilogy under his belt and, more recently, The Rebel Angels to his credit, Davies has established himself not only as a major force in Canadian literature but as a truly talented if slightly cultish figure on the international literary scene...
Even so, any threat of oil prices plummeting to $20 or even $15 renews concerns about the financial stability of strapped petroleum producers like Mexico, which desperately needs oil income to pay its $96 billion debt. Rapidly falling prices would deal another blow to the U.S. energy belt. Banks and drilling companies there have seen the value of their energy investments tumble with previous drops in the price of oil and natural gas. Says Alan Edgar, a petroleum analyst for the Dallas investment firm Schneider, Bernet & Hickman: "The bankers have got to be nervous. Next year will be the worst...
...section of the plane's fuselage remained intact. The stricken craft left trees burning and strewn like pickup sticks in its wake. The DC-8's debris and the soldiers' personal effects were scattered in all directions. A boot remained upright. A knife hung from a web belt. A stuffed bear lay in the snow. Two tiny dresses meant for a trooper's daughter somehow escaped the flames...