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...ANTONIO: An American astronomer drew a hushed, standing room only crowd to an American Astronomical Society conference room Wednesday when he announced the discovery of two new planets orbiting stars outside Earth's solar system. Geoffrey Marcy, a professor of physics and astronomy at San Francisco State University, told the gathering of 1300 scientists that at least one of the new orbs could have water. "That means possible conditions ideal for life," says TIME's Michael Lemonick. "That's a very significant discovery since we now have several examples of large planets orbiting stars like the sun." Lemonick says...
...bringing peace to a land that has experienced unusual cruelty for almost four years. The G.I.s have been reassured by the gracious welcome they generally receive from civilians. Completion of the bridge over the Sava, which enabled the first mass crossing of tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles into Bosnia, drew crowds of appreciative Croats, who marveled at the hardware, not to mention the exotic sight of African Americans. Amid laughing children, Specialist Dustin Graciak of the 3/325th Airborne Combat Team delightedly reported, "They're asking about our weapons and trying to speak English." Mtuzove Zeljko, 14, who picked up some...
...York Times editorial with curious presidential marginalia. The editorial, which chastises Clinton for not cooperating with the Whitewater investigation, mentions Beverly Bassett Schaefer, whom then Governor Clinton appointed to the agency that oversees savings and loan associations in Arkansas. According to committee sources, the President drew an arrow from Schaefer's name and scrawled, in a reference to his 1992 campaign, "This is important to be on top of. Bassett did a good job in camp. on this--can she now?" Mark Fabiani, an associate White House counsel, argues that Clinton's note simply reflects his hope that she would...
George Bush drew a line in the sand on Kuwait. Bill Clinton draws the line closer to home. The President, capitalizing on his new reputation as the Arkansas strongman, took a tough stand against an old challenger from The New York Times, columnist William Safire. In his column last Tuesday, Safire had the gall to call the First Lady a "congenital liar" for her obsfucation about "Travelgate," her wildly successful commodities career and some obscure beachfront property in Arkansas...
What was the "gag clause" that drew Himmelstein's ire? In his U.S. Healthcare contract he found the following: "Physicians shall agree not to take any action or make any communication which undermines or could undermine the confidence of enrollees, potential enrollees, their employers, their unions, or the public in U.S. Healthcare or the quality of U.S. Healthcare coverage." A further proviso stipulated that "physicians shall keep the Proprietary Information and this Agreement strictly confidential." Himmelstein says he found the whole restriction "so obnoxious I crossed it out" before signing. The emended contract was accepted without complaint...