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Whether or not abortion actually affects Souter's nomination will be of little consequence to the political fallout from a Senatorial floor fight. If the issue on the floor is abortion--as it likely will be--the vote on Souter will be perceived as a de facto vote on abortion...
...fallout has spread across the U.S. Michael Foreman, president of a small Atlanta development firm, has vainly hunted for a year for financing to build suburban homes. Says he: "The banks are not only stingy with their loan money; they are downright unreasonable. I have got no cooperation whatsoever...
...meantime, the fallout from Salinger and New Era has had what is usually described in literary circles as a "chilling effect." Publishers are cautious about acquiring new books that may cause long delays and legal expenses. Writers who have devoted years and heavy expenses to a project can suddenly find their efforts wasted. After two decades of research for his biography of Malcolm X, Bruce Perry, a scholar formerly on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, is eliminating major portions of his book. They include extensive paraphrasings from Malcolm's autobiography -- a work, incidentally, that was written by Alex...
Despite the lingering radiation, many residents refuse to leave their homes and become refugees. Plans to clear out more villages by force have been put on hold. Some Ukrainians have even returned illegally to evacuated areas. They may not realize that the invisible fallout will be dangerous for years...
Four years after the world's worst nuclear disaster, an exclusive set of pictures by Soviet photographer Igor Kostin shows that the fallout is still being felt. Populated areas near the reactor remain heavily contaminated. Human health problems are on the rise, and farm animals are being born with horrible deformities, possibly caused by radiation...