Word: establishes
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...versatile writers, not only making the daunting world of computers and software easy to understand and fun to read about but also turning out lively cover stories (14 before this one) on such topics as human cloning, obesity, genetics and sex in America. He also found time to help establish Time's electronic presence on America Online...
...Amendment says, "The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." But Representative Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, objected that desecration has religious overtones. Someone may think Congress was trying to sneak by the First amendment and establish a religion-a religion centered on the worship of flags or, depending on how the definition works out, bikinis and underwear. Accordingly, the quick-thinking Reed proposed substituting for desecration the words burning, trampling or rending. Alas, Representative Charles Canady, a Florida Republican, objected that this wording would not "prohibit...
David Sadker will accept the $5,000 award at a banquet this evening in Orlando, Fla., at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) convention. In addition, the organization will establish a $15,000 teaching fellowship in memory of Myra Sadker, who died recently of breast cancer...
...first teen to lose his life on such a trip; two teenage girls died in 1990 at similar Utah camps, run by different outfits. These deaths have fueled a greater push to set national standards for such programs. About 35 therapeutic wilderness camps have formed a coalition to establish comprehensive guidelines, and groups such as the Association for Experiential Education and the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children have begun putting an accreditation process in place. Says Jeff Liddle, who oversees the aee's accreditation process: "In most states anybody who can buy some backpacks and print...
...which side's account of the terms is accurate. The Serbs claim U.N. officials have pledged not to launch any more air strikes. The U.N. denies any linkage. U.N. troops have abandoned to Serb forces the heavy weapons depots around Sarajevo, andthe U.N.says it will work to re-establish supply routes for humanitarian aid to embattled Muslim enclaves. "Certainly this marks a retreat for the U.N.," saysTIME's Mark Thompson. "The question is, now that they've got these peacekeepers out of areas where they are potential hostages, what will they...