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...Johnson & Johnson, to back a "Buy Recycled" movement. The Environmental Protection Agency is about to launch a "Buy Wa$te Wi$e" campaign, urging consumers and manufacturers to favor recycled goods. "The public must get away from the idea that merely putting items in containers at the curb is recycling," says David Dougherty, director of the Clean Washington Center in Seattle. "It's not recycled until it's used again." That's precisely what President Clinton says the government can force the market...
After tripping on a curb and breaking his arm in front of television cameras, William Sessions was further humiliated by becoming the first FBI director ever to be fired by the president. The appointment of Louis Freeh to replace him excited some FBI agents so much they delayed their plans to retire so they could serve under their former colleague for a while...
...There probably will be more cases this year," he says. "But I'm hoping people that have been warned will make an effort to curb the problem...
Hard-liners living in the territories, aware now that Arafat and his police force are coming, are more cautious. They realize that Arafat has transformed himself into a moderate in order to make peace and will have to curb his radical enemies. Still, they make it clear that they intend to do what they can to derail the interim plan. "We resisted the Israeli occupation," says Riad Malki, a West Bank spokesman for the rejectionist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, "and we will resist Palestinian autonomy...
...safety tips that police officers provide drivers would sound uselessly obvious, were it not for the fact that people ignore them all the time. Keep a distance between cars, they advise. Avoid unfamiliar neighborhoods. Try to avoid the lane next to the curb. Don't leave the car running when you dash into the convenience store. Lock the doors. Keep purses and wallets out of view. "No. 1, be aware," says the FBI's Apple. "In this day and age, it's not safe to unroll your window -- even to give people money at Christmas...