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Yesterday another brake was placed on the elimination of rent control when a Superior Court judge placed a temporary restraining order on the enactment of five state ballot measures--including Question 9--approved by voters last month (please see related story, page...

Author: By Shirin Sinnar, | Title: State House Approves Home Rule Petitions | 11/30/1994 | See Source »

According to both Nero and Smith, the July 5 accident involved a rear-ending at a Boston intersection. The case is under dispute because the driver of the other car claimed Nero's brake lights were...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: PBHA Moves to Impeach Officer | 9/16/1994 | See Source »

...Hollywood once feared the advent of videocassettes but later discovered they fed rather than discouraged interest in movies, books on tape may actually promote the cause of literature. Four hours of Doctorow or McCarthy is better than nothing, especially when the alternative is to stare at the the brake lights ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: A Real Tape Turner | 8/29/1994 | See Source »

...likely to hamper efforts to improve the capability of new U.S. weapon systems to fire on an enemy from far away. "We were just really beginning to push beyond-visual-range technologies," says an executive at McDonnell Douglas, builder of the F-15C. "This is going to put a brake on that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deadly Mistaken Identity | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

Researchers looking for mutant strands of DNA in skin-cancer cells have discovered a gene that may be at the root of many -- if not most -- cancers, including such major types as lung, breast, brain, bone, bladder, kidney, ovary and lymphocyte. In healthy tissue, the gene acts as a brake on runaway cell division. Scientists hope that by replacing damaged genes with healthy ones, they may someday be able to prevent many types of cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week April 10-16 | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

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