Word: briefed
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Since leaving Detroit, Iacocca has fooled with an eclectic array of proposals, even serving a brief stint as chairman of Koo Koo Roo Chicken, the health-conscious fast-food chain. He turned down an early invitation to team up with inventor Malcolm Bricklin's electric-bike company. Yet Iacocca has been intrigued by electric propulsion since his early days at Ford, 50 years ago. "Thomas Edison promised Henry Ford he would be able to throw away the internal-combustion engine," he says. "It's 100 years later, and we're just now seeing some progress...
...pollinated by wind or insects, precautions like planting border fields to keep crops isolated help confine genes. What's more, crops tend to mature at the same time--sending out a great puff of pollen all at once--while wild plants reproduce over a longer period. During the brief time Terminator pollen is in the air, relatively few wild plants would notice. "The concern over widespread escape is overblown," insists Toenniessen...
Pope John Paul II wants more than Bill Clinton's confession: He's more likely to use his brief private meeting with President Clinton Tuesday to press the U.S. on issues ranging from the bombing of Iraq to the embargo against Cuba -- both of which the pontiff opposes -- and to press for measures such as debt relief for developing nations. Speaking on arrival for a one-day visit to St. Louis, the pope spoke out against abortion and the death penalty and urged Americans to "open (their) hearts to those less fortunate...
Once you finally do get to the articles, it's easy to search for entries by keyword or browse by topic. I found myself going cross-eyed reading the lengthy essays on topics ranging from the history of Carnival to the brief life of American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, but switching to the largest font option was a big help...
When they retired to the cloakrooms on Saturday night, the Senators had to admit the House managers had done better than expected. On Day One, Henry Hyde was brief, James Sensenbrenner was solid, Jim Rogan was compelling if strident, and Asa Hutchinson stole the show. Ed Bryant was incoherent, "shockingly bad," as one Senator said later. Most of the other presentations were forgettable or repetitive, even annoying. But on Saturday, South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham struck an empathic chord. Instead of insisting, as others had, that the case was clear-cut, he acknowledged that the Senate faced a difficult decision...