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...industrial development, energy use is soaring and so is the output of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Most scientists believe this will cause a 2[degrees]F-to-6[degrees]F rise in the next century. If the earth does heat up this fast, the consequences will be dire. Coastal areas will be inundated as the seas expand; shifting weather patterns will cause floods and droughts and disrupt agriculture; tropical diseases will migrate to previously temperate zones. These are dangers that Clinton, after plunging into the debate's ecological wonkery, can clearly envision. "I am convinced the science...
...seem to be able to buy a friend in California these days. Minority groups and liberals loathe him for his vocal stances against illegal immigrants and affirmative action, a vociferousness that is equaled by the right wing of his own party for his socially liberal positions. His dire political straits were further emphasized by his negligible '96 presidential run that seemed to end before it began and by his failure to successfully lead a fight to change the G.O.P. platform's stance on abortion at the Republican Convention in his hometown of San Diego...
...visionary. She spent a lifetime comforting the dying castoffs of humanity's inability to come to terms with the need to stabilize population growth. Sadly, she often castigated those who promoted family planning. Overpopulation is literally greed personified, and if it is not confronted, all living things will suffer dire consequences. Every day thousands of children die as a result of unsustainable population growth. This is no time to create saints of people who cannot understand this harsh reality. BILL ISBISTER, Director Too Many People...Too Little Earth! Aloha...
...tales of human resilience sustain Brandt as he watches some of the program's participants progress from risk to clinical manifestation to full-blown illness to death. "You can't help being impressed by the human drama of it," he says. Indeed, the sharing of stories, both happy and dire, is often his best tool for compelling people to weigh seriously the pros and cons of testing. "Most people," he says, "resonate more to the stories than to the psychological tests and statistical results...
...culprit: a lethal strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli. The bug causes 20,000 infections a year in the U.S., most because of undercooked beef. The typical result is excruciating gastrointestinal distress. But for a few unlucky souls though--usually young children and the elderly--the consequences can be dire, even fatal...