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Which does not mean the millennium has arrived. For one thing, an intricate verification procedure remains to be completed. Also, START in some ways seems designed to curb the arms race of the 1980s rather than the one that might occur in the '90s; it makes its greatest reductions in the numbers of ballistic-missile warheads, which have been gradually losing prominence to the newer cruise missiles as both sides modernize their nuclear arsenals. Consequently, the cut in total warheads deployed will not be 50%, as often stated, but 30% to 35%. Under some circumstances, there could be no overall...
...weight-loss products, and those proposals may at last be finalized before the end of the year. The new rules are expected to outlaw more than 100 diet- product ingredients on the market, including methyl cellulose and other bulking agents that supposedly "swell" in the consumer's stomach and curb appetite...
...growing corps of experts urging farmers to adopt a new approach called sustainable agriculture. Once the term was synonymous with the dreaded O word -- a farm-belt euphemism for trendy organic farming that uses no synthetic chemicals. But sustainable agriculture has blossomed into an effort to curb erosion by modifying plowing techniques and to protect water supplies by minimizing, if not eliminating, artificial fertilizers and pest controls. "Sustainable agriculture used to be something you said under your breath," jokes Indiana farmer Jim Moseley, agricultural consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "Now the definition has broadened so that...
...administration opposes sex education and access to contraception, fearing that it promotes sexual promiscuity. It denies funding to international organizations that hope to curb overpopulation through medical attention and information concerning abortion. It promises to undermine attempts to legalize RU486--the French morning after pill--in the United States...
...months of negotiations. Speaker Tom Foley and Republican leader Bob Michel last week made a last-ditch effort to achieve a compromise. Predictably, it failed. Now a bipartisan bill making such cosmetic changes as providing discounted rates for television commercials will probably pass. It will do almost nothing to curb the abuses...