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...ozone loss can increase the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching earth's surface, the risk of skin cancer may be rising in northern latitudes, as it probably is in southernmost climes. Scientists hope the level of cfcs in the upper atmosphere will peak around the year 2000 and then diminish. What they don't know is how much ozone will be left, whether the areas of severe ozone depletion will expand toward population centers, and how dangerous a 21st century day in the sun will...
...doubt you didn't mean to diminish us, or to assault our morale and efficacy as teachers by glorifying homophobia thus. We frankly wonder how far we figured in your thoughts, if at all. We cannot stop you from inviting Powell to Harvard, but we must express our strong feeling that his opinions on this issue are without merit, insulting and discriminatory. Given its timing, the Harvard invitation is all too likely to give comfort to those who think it is acceptable to belittle, misrepresent and continue to disenfranchise...
...worries me, because you don't have to be a rocket scientist to see this means there will be fewer retirements.. and this is going to diminish the number of appointments of people of color and women," says McCarthy...
...ears. (Knight, the glowering genius who cut Charles Barkley from the '84 Olympic tryouts, is the coach whose Indiana University team is right up there in the all-important tantrums- endured statistical category.) But as cartoon figures like Knight cease to be visible, their need to overact will diminish. So will their salaries, as they cease to be celebrities, and chemistry departments across the nation will be able to afford new test tubes...
...Defense Secretary's biggest challenge will be to diminish the hostility and mistrust between the White House and the Pentagon, which came into full bloom when Clinton clashed with Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell on the gay issue. "Not since Carter has a President been so disliked by the military," said a Joint Chiefs staff officer. Uniformed personnel ranging from privates to generals routinely refer to their Commander in Chief as "Slick Willy" and "Draft Dodger." Beyond the financial affronts like Clinton's proposed government pay freeze, which will save $18 billion in military spending, the ranks are rife with...