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Some, however, see a freeloader factor at work. Robert Rector, who follows hunger issues for the Heritage Foundation, says, "As long as you are providing aid without requiring anything in return, the demand of that aid will be inexhaustible." Nevertheless, at least one food-bank manager believes the increased demand is just part of the adjustment that must occur as welfare reform takes hold, a necessary transition to better times. Parke Hinman, who runs a food bank in Montgomery, Ala., has seen demand rise to include families with wage earners. But, he says, "if we can provide them food...
...enough to be impressive. They wanted to add Romania and Slovenia to the three everyone agreed on. Clinton said no. He may be worried about presenting the Senate with a bigger bill than they will want to pay, or he may be concerned about the "Slovenia? Where's that?" factor. French President Jacques Chirac was particularly eager to see Romania gain entry. In a tete-a-tete with Clinton at the Denver economic summit two weeks ago, Chirac made a strong plea for both Romania and Slovenia, but Clinton simply repeated his position that three was enough. "That...
...contributing factor many officals point to was a sudden jump in the number of applicants to last year's class. Fadule said the number of applicants went from 7,000 to 8,000 in one year, but the number of women in the application pool did not increase proportionally...
YOKOHAMA, Japan: Embarrassed Japanese government officials conceded today that they had drastically over-estimated the oil spilled in Tokyo Bay by a factor of 10. Instead of the 100,000 barrel-leak they reported Wednesday when the 147,012-ton tanker ran aground, they now believe only 9,800 barrels poured into the harbor. The 100,000 barrel estimate would have made the accident the worst oil spill in Japan's history. Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said today most of the oil which spilled from the third of the ship's tanks "seems to have flowed into the second empty...
...have the mutation, you're going to get ovarian cancer'. Trotting every fifty-year-old woman in for a genetic test would scare an awful lot of people unjustifiably." Still, the finding published today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute establishes the first concrete risk factor for the disease. With fewer ovulations come fewer mutations of the p53 gene and a substantially reduced risk for developing the cancer that kills 15,000 women in the U.S. each year. But while pregnancies and birth control pills, which lower ovulation histories, appear to provide the surest means of slashing...