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...should 1) encompass populations of roughly similar sizes within each state, 2) be contiguous and "star-shaped" (a line can be drawn from the center to any point on the border without exiting the district), 3) respect town borders whenever possible and 4) be drawn with the same basic criteria in every state...
...argues that physical fitness and mental acuity are not reasonable criteria; to exclude students on the basis of sexual orientation, on the other hand, is a prejudicial and pointless policy. Gays and lesbians have long served their country with distinction...
People who fit both of these criteria have a 50% greater risk of developing Type I diabetes within five years than the general population, Robertson says...
...favor of more research, testing, poking, drugging, jailing, genetic therapy, amniocentesis, just as soon as someone can give me a scientific definition of impulsivity, one that provides, say, a cultural- and color-blind distinction between a spirited child and an impulsive one. If bar fights are the criteria, it's nice to think that a simple blood test might have spared us the antics of people like Billy Martin or George Steinbrenner...
...biannual summits required under the trade agreement signed in Tokyo last summer by Clinton and former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. The pact aimed at trimming Japan's trade surplus with the U.S., which has jumped to a near record $60 billion. Last summer's agreement called for "objective criteria" for measuring progress, and the sticking point ever since has been each side's differing notion of what objective criteria may be. To the White House, the term refers to numerical targets by which to measure the openness of Japanese markets -- the ratio of imports to total GNP is one gauge...