Word: brinks
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...would do well to heed. Something has come unfastened in the West, and everybody has guns. "By circling the wagons, they see it's just them against the world," says the Cato Institute's Hess. He fears, he says, that the owner of some marginal ranch pushed to the brink by changing rules may turn desperate. "Someone's going to carry a gun, someone's going to shoot, someone's going to bomb a Forest Service office," he says. "And God knows what's going to happen then...
...puzzle, they must spend long hours in the field searching for further clues. Even after scientists reach a consensus about what caused the extinction, observes Renne, a central mystery will remain. What is it about life, he marvels, that enables it to rebound with such extraordinary resilience from the brink of so catastrophic a collapse...
ONCE AGAIN THE EXQUISITE COMPLEXITY of nature's life cycle stands on the brink of disruption, if not destruction, by man, the earth's self-proclaimed highest life form. Perhaps our inherent inquisitiveness, greed and dominance cause us to play the role of the great equalizer in the overall scheme of things. It's just unfortunate that all other life forms must always pay the price for "human nature." LAWRENCE DANIELS Riverdale, New York...
...badly damaging economies and shattering financial markets in both countries-the mutually assured destruction theory of trade warfare. Which is why, in Kantor's view, as related by sources in Washington, sanctions lose much of their value after being applied; the threat is the thing. So, poised on the brink of doomsday, Kantor settled for what he took to be Japan's best offer...
Retreating from the brink of apotentially devastating trade war,the U.S. and Japan reached a significant new agreement just twelve hours before a U.S.-imposedmidnight deadline."This agreement is specific. It is measurable," a jubilant President Clinton said in announcing the deal, which he called "a major breakthrough toward free-trade throughout the world." Japan will yield on the major sticking point of the negotiations by taking steps to open its markets to American auto manufacturers. Under the deal, Japanese companies say they will increase their purchases of American cars and auto parts by more than $9 billion over...