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...lawyers, the timing of the ruling was as unsettling as its substance. It came when the videotaped beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles cops has focused national attention on police brutality. But the decision had a deeper importance for the larger direction of the court. It was the clearest signal yet that Souter has given court conservatives a reliable majority in cases involving the rights of criminal defendants. Says University of Chicago law professor Philip Kurland: "They've finally got enough votes...
...study is not the first to link quitting with gaining, but it represents the most comprehensive work to date. Epidemiologist David Williamson and his research team reviewed data on 1,885 smokers and 768 nonsmokers who were studied over a period of 13 years. The report provides the clearest demonstration that women gain more than men, notes Neil Grunberg, medical psychologist at Bethesda's Uniformed Services University, who wrote an accompanying editorial. "It's very impressive...
With the U.S. poised on the brink of war, it seemed an odd moment to shake up the nation's military-industrial complex. But that did not deter Defense Secretary Dick Cheney last week from canceling the Navy's A-12 Avenger attack bomber and sending military contractors the clearest signal yet that the Reagan-era good times are over. The old buddy-buddy relationship between the Pentagon and arms makers who blithely exceed contract costs and expect taxpayers to pick up the tab has ended...
...clearest signals came in the form of half a dozen trial balloons floated by Iraq to Washington through back-door intermediaries. Saddam has publicly denied supporting any of these initiatives, though Bush Administration officials have confirmed that at least some of them came from Iraq's Foreign Ministry. The most recent feelers added up to an offer of withdrawal from Kuwait and release of all foreign nationals in return for several concessions: federation or some other close association between Kuwait and Iraq; guaranteed Iraqi access to the Kuwaiti islands of Bubiyan and Warbah, which block most of Iraq's scant...
...Hubble telescope is finally going into orbit to give astronomers their clearest views of the universe. The Pegasus rocket launches a new era of petite payloads...