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...possible explanation for the unexpected longevity of some atom-blast victims is that whatever enabled them to survive the blast in the first place--a natural resistance to disease, perhaps--continues to protect them. It is more likely, says the National Academy of Sciences' Evan Douple, a leading expert in the field, that radiation is not quite as harmful as was supposed. "Radiation in general is a very ineffective carcinogen," he says. Below certain very low levels, it may cause no harm...
...bring in the background, record and character of the defendant. Accordingly, Jones will call witnesses from McVeigh's past with the hope of humanizing him and showing that up until April 19, 1995, he was a decent young man and fine soldier. Richard Burr, a soft-spoken death-penalty expert who is conducting the defense case in the penalty phase, told the jury that McVeigh is a man "who could be your son, who could be your brother, who could be your grandson...
HONG KONG: TIME Asia expert Oscar Chiang reports that the threat of violence on the night of the Hong Kong handover must be taken very seriously as the turf battles between free-speech and pro-China advocates intensify. A leading Hong Kong Democrat warned Wednesday that a planned free-speech protest in Victoria Park on the night of the handover could turn violent if China resorts to such ''dirty tricks'' as instead granting the permit for the space to the suddenly-interested pro-China Hong Kong Federation of Women. Hong Kong Democrats, says Chiang, see that they are about...
...expert on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, she entered government service on the staff of the National Security Council in 1978. In 1993, she was tapped as the U.S.'s permanent representative to the United Nations...
...where the action will be. Online betting--primarily through Websites that let you wager on sports events, enter lotteries and play casino games--is still in its infancy. Between $100 million and $200 million will be gambled online this year worldwide, says Whittier Law School professor and gaming-industry expert I. Nelson Rose. That's just a tiny portion of the national habit, of course. Americans legally hazarded an astonishing half a trillion dollars in 1995, earning the gaming industry profits of $44.4 billion--more than the net revenue from movies, music and sports entertainment combined...