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...trees in your front yard. No, such a contraption--a stout monopole topped with a crown of antennas--doesn't yet mar my leafy corner of suburbia. But it will soon, unless I do something about it, and that prospect has spurred me, along with my neighbors, to churn out a torrent of letters, petitions and telephone calls. Why, we wonder, must Dallas-based PrimeCo Personal Communications plop its tower in a residential area of Du Page County, Illinois, when there are plenty of other sites nearby where it wouldn't be so conspicuous or so jarring...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "President Clinton is regulator-in-chief, leading an army of unelected bureaucrats whose sole job is to churn out red tape that destroys jobs and turns hardworking Americans into common criminals...
...hormone produced by the adrenal glands, tiny sacs that sit atop the kidneys. The body converts it into testosterone and estrogen in both men and women (albeit in different amounts). What makes DHEA so intriguing is that it seems to act like a biochemical marker for aging. People churn out copious quantities until the age of 30, when the levels in the blood start to decline. By the time they are 80, men and women have less than 5% of the DHEA they had at their physical and sexual peak...
...guise of movies, laced with foul-mouthed dialogue, and you have the best ingredients to ensure a successful failure. Il Postino (The Postman), a simple film with a simple plot, superbly acted, is sound proof that great films can be made and be profitable. Yet the industry continues to churn out products that seem to be based solely on special effects. At least someone in the industry has heard the wake-up call, through their bank account. LIDO DELUCK Seattle...
...rockets churn houses into rubble, families seek shelter in the ruins of abandoned neighborhoods, many of which contain minefields. Children are especially vulnerable, since they are sent to scavenge. Farhad, a boy of 10, offers a typical story: "Early in the morning, after studying in the mosque, I went for firewood. Because we are poor, we can't buy wood. I didn't know there are minefields. When I opened my eyes, I was in the hospital without my legs." The simplest impulse is perilous. Rahmat Khan, a school watchman, describes how a breeze blew his hat across a playground...