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...good news for Bush is that, unlike Jimmy Carter, Clinton isn't exactly poised to generate positive post-presidency buzz. Instead, the bulk of the media attention will be tightly focused on Clinton's legal travails, which, instead of fading into the sunset as he might have hoped, are actually alive and well and living in the nation's capital. Independent counsel Robert Ray, who recently arranged to re-interview Monica Lewinsky, will reportedly decide whether to pursue an indictment against Clinton "very shortly" after the President leaves office...
...Depleted uranium is attractive to armorers because of its high ratio of mass to bulk, which gives it the ability to pierce heavy armor. The by-product of the fuel-enrichment process used by nuclear power stations, it contains fairly low doses of radiation, but is acknowledged to carry some risk of cancer and other ailments if directly ingested, inhaled or absorbed through cuts. That knowledge, and the circumstantial link between high rates of illness and service in territories where NATO has fired large amounts of depleted-uranium ordnance, is enough to have European NATO members demanding further discussion over...
...Still, the circumstantial link will spur demands for further scientific inquiries. And the matter becomes more complicated for NATO by the fact that the country spearheading the demand for answers - Italy, which has lost six of its soldiers - also happens to be the one providing the bulk of the troops serving in the Kosovo peacekeeping mission. In addition, the tricky discussion won't be helped by the fact that the discussion comes at a time when the incoming administration of NATO's acknowledged leader, the United States, has signaled that it wants to get its own troops...
...irony of slowdowns is that they're caused, or at least deepened, by people doing smart things--tearing up credit cards, limiting purchases to stuff they really need. But when practiced in bulk, such level-headed frugality can shut down the economy. Friends, that's a risk you'll just have to accept. Let others prop up the economy if they can; you take steps to survive. Here...
...Machines like this are readily available right now, from companies like Sequoia Pacific Voting Equipment Inc., MicroTouch Systems Inc. and Fidlar Doubleday Inc. They run about $3,500 apiece if you buy in bulk, and they work. No chads. No recounts. No doubt...