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...financed by the electric-power industry suggests that children living near heavily traveled streets--where 20,000 or more vehicles pass daily--may have a sixfold-increased risk of developing childhood cancers such as leukemia. (Previously, the electromagnetic fields near electric-power wires were similarly blamed.) Researchers point the finger at benzene and other possible carcinogens that vehicles emit--and kids inhale. --By Janice M. Horowitz...
From the very first Super Tuesday exit polls, the numbers pointed to a very big win for George W. Bush. By early afternoon, TIME political correspondent John Dickerson, in Los Angeles with John McCain, put his finger on the prevailing mood. "It's shaping up to be a really bad night for this campaign," he said. It turned out that was something of an understatement. As the evening wore on, the suspense quickly waned and voters waited to see just how decisive the Bush victory would...
...Keeping a constant finger on the pulse of America, these stores have given up the traditional paper gift certificate of yesteryear for a more modern substitute. Seen as much more convenient for the customer as well as being environmentally friendly, these cards boast aesthetically pleasing designs and varying rainbow color motifs...
...Hard problems require tough and sometimes very exacting solutions. The problems of race relations are not in any way going to be damaged by this," he said. "There's no finger-pointing going on except by people who oppose this...
...fashion. The black community has responded to a senseless act of violence in the right way. The protestors who could have degenerated into an angry mob marched calmly, practicing as well as preaching an end to violence between civilians and police. On campus, organizations sponsoring forum discussions instead of finger-pointing. Many public officials have called for better police training, and the former New York police commissioner has admitted that police brutality is a problem. Previously, administrators tried to curb police violence by educating inner-city students on the proper way to respond to an officer--hands in plain sight...