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...Justices must decide how widely to rule: to strike down the Missouri law or to support it as compatible with Roe; they could also restrict or, less likely, overturn Roe. Many observers expect a fragmented court until further appointments produce a firm majority on one side or the other. As with some affirmative-action cases, even Justices who agree in an abortion ruling might disagree about the legal basis for their conclusions. Although the Justices were expected to vote on the case in a closed-door session last week, their decision is not likely to be announced until late next...
...unconscionable for Fred Glimp to play apartisan role in an election which it is his roleto oversee," Wolff said. Just last week, HRAAAwrote a letter criticizing the University forhaving its own accounting firm count ballots...
...repossessing property when borrowers could no longer meet payments, often because homeowners lost their jobs or business owners suffered from plunging sales as the energy-based economy declined. In many cases the loans should never have been made. Observes James Noteware, national director of real estate for the accounting firm of Laventhol and Horwath: "A lot of what the thrift institutions are passing on to the Government is really junk...
Scientists are also reaping rewards from 3-D visualization. By studying insulin molecules modeled on a computer, the Danish biotechnology firm Novo- Nordisk was able to create a synthetic insulin that did not clump when injected into the blood, an insight that cut three years off the usual eight- year research-and-development cycle for a new drug. By displaying weather data on a computer, researchers at the University of Illinois have been able to capture the exact moment when a tornado forms within a thunderstorm, a breakthrough that if incorporated into an early-warning system, could one day save...
...federal regulators liquidate everything from condominiums to gravel pits, they must move carefully to avoid triggering a plunge in property values. -- Despite a rising Dow, Wall Street faces more layoffs and falling profits. -- Control Data pulls out of the supercomputer market, leaving Cray Research as the sole U.S. firm to compete against rival Japanese manufacturers...