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...number of Z 0s produced is expected to reach 2,000, the Stanford scientists think they could have the Z 0's life expectancy pinned down. But by that time the LEP may have beaten them to the goal. "I had hoped," acknowledges Burton Richter, the Stanford center's director, "that we would be in the shape we are now in a year ago. If a miracle had happened and we'd come on two years ago, then we'd have scooped up a lot of Z 0 physics." Now he and his colleagues can only hope the LEP will...
...when a test requested by consumer groups showed the Alar content of U.S. grapefruit to be 0.5 parts per million or less. But since the lab equipment was not accurate enough to measure below that level, this was "equivalent to a finding of no Alar," says Dan Gunter, executive director of Florida's department of citrus. Says he: "Alar is not used on grapefruit." The Korean government declared U.S. grapefruit safe, but American growers fear the sour taste may linger...
...allies will argue in court that a 1980 amendment to the state constitution spelling out a right of privacy applies to abortion. Whatever happens, both sides agree that the 1990 gubernatorial and legislative elections are likely to turn into a single-issue referendum on abortion. Says Janis Compton-Carr, director of the Florida Abortion Rights Action League: "It's going to be bloody...
...environmental issues and crime." But the issue he is trying to duck may bite him anyway. The National Abortion Rights Action League, scenting a favorable political test, vows to pump as much as $500,000 into campaign ads to keep the spotlight squarely on abortion. Says N.A.R.A.L. executive director Kate Michelman: "The New Jersey gubernatorial race is the first example of what we are going to do around the country...
...dance capital of the world. Local fans are well informed and tough. Balanchine, who died in 1983, is still very much the presiding genius, and the purity and speed of his choreography set the pace. In addition to the perennial Giselle and some short pieces, Kirov artistic director Oleg Vinogradov brought his new production of The Sleeping Beauty and -- displaying either guts or foolhardiness -- two Balanchine ballets...