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...women work together and do some socializing, but even that is constricted by geography. More than 20,000 Protestants have fled the central section of the city on the west bank of the River Foyle for the safety of the largely Protestant communities on the east bank. So drastic was the exodus that some in the Catholic community feared the west bank would become entirely Catholic. They sent Christmas cards to residents in the Fountain area, the last remaining Protestant enclave, encouraging them to stay...
...greater disruption if the animal wins federal protection, Colorado officials have organized a 200-member coalition to draft the state's own protection plan, which may include finding the mice and relocating some of them into sanctuaries. "It's in the interest of both mouse and man to avoid drastic measures," says Congressman David Skaggs of Boulder, a Democrat who secured a $400,000 appropriation to fund the project. "Nobody wants an endangered-species train wreck in the areas where Colorado's population is growing the most rapidly...
...network news chiefs insist nothing so drastic is being contemplated just yet. Though pummeled by competition from cable, local news and the Internet, the evening-news programs still have an important function. They are the flagship broadcasts for the network news divisions, they showcase well-paid and highly respected news stars, and they still make money. Though their ratings have dropped steadily, the decline has been less steep than the slippage in network viewership overall. In the latest Nielsen ratings, ABC's World News Tonight (ranking second behind NBC's Nightly News) was watched by 7.5% of the nation...
...much gaming can, it seems, have drastic consequences. However, Matthew G. Withers '01 said gaming doesn't necessarily make people slackers at work. Gaming, he insisted, is about honing interaction skills and quick mental reflexes that can generally be used to great advantage...
...DELHI: The Dalai Lama, who arrives in New York next week, is a worried man: His path of nonconfrontation with China has won nothing from Beijing, which has led Tibetans to take drastic steps. A 50-year-old Tibetan monk died Wednesday of burns sustained when he set himself alight on Monday. Thupten Ngodup?s self-immolation was a protest against Indian police intervention to stop a Tibetan hunger strike...