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...need to understand these so-called geomagnetic storms is an unanticipated consequence of the electronics breakthroughs of the past half-century. As a result, space meteorology lags far behind its terrestrial counterpart. But now, thanks to a new generation of satellites--including one, the Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer, that was launched two weeks ago--scientists are getting unprecedented insights into both the electromagnetic weather patterns that affect the earth and the solar dynamo that powers them...
Rendell is the Rocky Balboa of American mayors. When he took office in 1992, the nation's fifth largest city was swimming in red ink and its credit was at junk-bond levels. But like his fictional Philly counterpart, this former D.A. came out swinging. He balanced the city's books by facing down municipal unions, privatizing jobs and saving money on everything from leases to insurance. Now he gives mayoral lessons: both Los Angeles' Richard Riordan and New York City's Rudolph Giuliani have got pointers. He still has headaches--people and jobs continue to flee the city...
...last week's experience has shaken up news executives into re-evaluating their approach in the future. "Assuming the candidate has been decided before the convention," says Lane Venardos, who oversaw CBS's coverage, "I can't imagine us going through this kind of rigmarole again." Jeffrey Zucker, his counterpart at NBC, points out that with such cable channels as CNN, C-SPAN and MSNBC providing full coverage, the broadcast networks are under less obligation to do so. "It's their party, and they can throw it the way they want to," says Zucker. "But that doesn't mean...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Intense negotiations between the U.S. and Japan, which continued past their Wednesday deadline, have successfully averted a trade war. Both sides are claiming victory, with acting U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky calling the deal "responsive to the views of the Clinton Administration", and her counterpart, Japanese Trade Minister Shunpei Tsukahara, saying the deal was almost exactly the same as Japan's version of the plan. Until the agreement was announced today, U.S. negotiators were arguing that the inroads American computer chips had made in the Japanese market were in jeopardy if no transition agreement could be reached...
Harold Varmus is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College, Class of 1961, where he majored in English. He was also the editor of your counterpart, the Amherst Student...