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...Serbs allowed themselves to be deterred. Why they changed their minds and decided to move against the eastern enclaves is another matter the Western governments are trying to figure out. Many military officers, including some on the U.N. staff and at nato, believe the Serbs are acting to pre-empt the new 10,000-troop Rapid Reaction Force the French, British and Dutch decided to deploy after hundreds of their peacekeepers were taken hostage...
California then enacted its own 26 degree standard, but the Broiler Council went to court and won. Federal rules, said a frustrated U.S. appeals court, pre-empt state laws. "We affirm this absurdity," the judges wrote. "Congress has given federal bureaucrats the power to order that frozen chickens be labeled fresh." The Clinton Administration promised to review the issue promptly. That pledge, as an internal USDA memo reveals, was little more than a public-relations exercise designed to cover an "embarrassing" policy that "puts the USDA in the position of being anti-consumer." A press release was issued in February...
...NOTION THAT MUSIC AND CINEMA are responsible for the meltdown of U.S. society is utter nonsense; moreover, this red herring is perpetuated by venal politicians to pre-empt any serious examination of sensitive issues. America is ailing and in denial. Chief among the many ills exacerbating our sick spirit is bogus puritanism. Ill-minded men wed to this pernicious folly inhibit us from ordaining reasonable policies regarding sex, drugs, violent crime, taxes, the military and foreign policy. Tully Atkinson San Clemente, California...
Voting 6 to 2 in a case involving American Airlines, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that passengers may sue an airline for retroactively downgrading their frequent-flyer benefits. The Justices concluded that federal airline-regulation laws do not pre-empt such breach-of-contract suits in state courts...
...that point, the Kings declared that the visitor center would pre-empt their own ambitious plans for an "interactive" museum -- and the battle was joined. The family's position infuriates community leaders, who have watched the Park Service renovate many neighborhood homes and take an active role in this low-income area, while they regard the Kings as standoffish outsiders. "We hardly see any of these people," says Mtamanika Youngblood, who heads a local historic-preservation program. "For them to unilaterally decide that the National Park Service cannot stay in this community is not acceptable...