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Comparing the feat to "climbing a cliff covered with ice," Ross Perot said that his supporters have submitted at least 95,000 registrations to the California Secretary of State, which would qualify his Reform Party for the 1996 California presidential ballot. Perot maintains that his organization will win places on the ballots in other major states. "If the registrations are valid, then Perot is clearly well on his way to forming a new national political party," says TIME's Laurence Barrett. "California was his toughest test logistically, from both the number of people he needed to sign...
...past decade have scientists begun to tease apart the mysteries of Hox genes. Clustered in groups of eight to 11, on as many as four chromosomes in a developing embryo's cells, these genes switch on and off in sequence. Since embryos mature from the top down, explains biologist Cliff Tabin of the Harvard Medical School, a Hox gene that turns off a bit early, or stays on just a touch longer, can make a dramatic difference in the formation of the embryo. Swans, for example, have more neck vertebrae than chickens and thus longer necks. That is because...
...resume tomorrow in Geneva. Although no one can tell if the talks will be successful in heading off the proposed U.S. sanctions against Japanese luxury cars, TIME's Adam Zagorin says "both sides will make significant efforts to try to get this worked out before we head over the cliff after June...
...years of the uprising, or intifadeh, that preceded the agreement, Palestinians killed 161 Israelis; in the 20 months since the agreement was signed, the toll is 123 dead. Most were victims of suicide bombings carried out by Muslim extremists. "You get the feeling we're collectively going over a cliff," says student Sarah Halevi. "I completely don't trust anything the Palestinians say." Seeing the killers celebrated in the streets of Gaza, and how gingerly Yasser Arafat's governing Palestinian Authority has treated them (at least until very recently), most Israelis wonder whether it is possible ever to make peace...
...Cliff Johnson Studio City, California