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Environmentalists, for their part, fret that Clinton wasted too much time before addressing some of the more serious problems--possibly leaving them in the hands of a Bush presidency. "There is a tremendous amount of environmental damage the next Administration could do," says Jim Angell, staff attorney for Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, who is fighting a challenge in federal court to the designation of five national-monument sites in the West...
...proving more lethal against the guerrillas than the Colombian army for one simple reason: Castano's men don't fret too much over human rights. "We copy the methods of our enemy," says Castano grimly. A government ombudsman says the AUC has massacred more than 794 people this year, mostly small farmers. Castano insists that nearly all were guerrilla spies...
...Washington top national security leaders, both in the White House and at the Central Intelligence Agency, fret continuously about such things. There is genuine fear that the U.S. will be caught off guard by a dangerous microbe. After all, it's happened before; many times, most notably with HIV and hepatitis C. There is a tendency in such circles to seek high-tech solutions in the form of microbe sensors and automated early-warning systems...
...affair - despite that fact that Al Gore and George W. Bush got to talk directly with (OK, at) the Real Americans they've been talking so much about lately. After one debate with podiums, one with chairs, and one with a big red stage upon which to strut and fret, it seems clear now that the changeability of these two candidates has been greatly exaggerated...
...Lieberman whispering that the ticket will be pro-business again by October, not to worry. The way this matchup is shaping up - call it Carter-Reagan with a prosperity twist - we could get market ping-pong all fall. This market, it seems, will always find something to fret about...