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...because they combine their empowering theology with a warm, supportive environment, at least at first. Those who join become part of a close-knit body of believers who are convinced they understand the meaning of history and what the future holds. That was true of David Koresh's Branch Davidians, and it applies to certain extremist Christian white-supremacist groups bent on "purifying...
...happens, two weeks ago the Justice Department funded a $2.15 million answer. Under the supervision of the National Institute of Justice, the department's R. and D. branch, three laboratories will develop prototypes for concealed-weapons detectors. Within 18 months, predicts NIJ technology chief David Boyd, they should have produced a device that can identify and describe a gun concealed on someone's person at a distance of 12 ft. without a frisk. Subsequently, he thinks, the range will increase...
...experimental treatment has offered new hope to children suffering from early-onset schizophrenia, according to Chief of the Child Psychology Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Judith L. Rapoport. Rapoport, a Harvard Medical School graduate, addressed an audience of 56 last night at Bolyston Hall...
Having proved itself incapable of controlling the country and crushing the rebellion, the government has batted aside the offer of an olive branch. Under a conference sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church in Rome two months ago, the F.I.S. actually agreed to renounce violence. But fearful that the plan's provision for lifting the ban on the F.I.S. and barring the army from politics would pave the way for an Islamic republic, government hard-liners rejected the proposal, condemning the conference participants for "washing Algeria's dirty linen abroad...
Thus, President Clinton should make an effort to make his adversaries aware of the powers of the executive branch. In the words of General de Gaulle, "The price a leader pays for leadership is unceasing discipline, the constant taking of risks, and perpetual inner struggle...