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...other sources to argue that the Federal Government represents an illegal usurpation of the common-law power of localities. The ideas are now spread by groups under a variety of names--Freemen, We the People, People for Constitutional Courts, even the Civil Rights Task Force--sometimes with a strong dose of white separatism, anti-Semitism and the usual paranoia about a worldwide conspiracy of bankers. In January Lutheran pastor Helen Young met with Freemen leaders at the Clark farm. "It was hard for me to dialogue with them," she says. "It became a matter of them looking at the Scriptures...
...altitudes of about 10,000 ft. and higher, mountain climbers run the risk of developing a serious condition in which their lungs fill with water. Now scientists in Switzerland report that inhaling an extremely diluted dose of nitric oxide gas--about the amount present in Los Angeles smog--can help treat the problem...
...fuel-pool drainage accident assumes that at most one-third of a core is in the pool, even though plants across the country routinely move full cores into pools crowded with older cores. If the NRC based its calculations on that scenario, says Lochbaum, "it would exceed the radiation-dose limits set by Congress and scare people to death. But the NRC won't do it." The NRC's Taylor told TIME that the agency analyzes dose rates at the time a plant opens--when its pool is empty. The law, he said, "does not contain a provision for rereview...
...blowing the heavy door off the igloo and allowing rockets to fly out, spewing fake sarin into the air. Inside the igloo, rockets kept detonating with dull thuds. A typical igloo contains 4,000 M-55s, each with a seven-mile range and 20 tons of sarin. (A pinpoint dose is enough to kill a 100-lb. person...
...there aren't any bad economies in an election year because governments will find short-term solutions to put off a downturn until after the election," says TIME's William McWhirter. "But this time the government might not be able to do this." Speculators are already counting on a dose of pump-priming. The Dow soared 76 points Tuesday on expectations that the Federal Reserve would lower interest rates in an attempt to jump-start the economy. (A decision is expected Wednesday.) "With consumer debt at an all-time high, people feel tapped out," notes McWhirter. "They aren...