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...large pile of suck-up gifts awaits George W. Bush when he steps into his new house--crates of home-state fruit from Senators, thoughtful though inscrutable baubles from foreign leaders. But at least one skunk will be hiding in the gift bin, a present from Bush's former G.O.P. presidential rival. Arizona Senator John McCain wants to force the new President to sign a campaign-finance-reform bill that Bush hates--and make him do it before he deals with any other legislation, including education, taxes and all the other items on Bush's wish list. McCain plans...
...will journey to Washington to try to come up with a more long-term solution. But the rate hike, which was only a third of what the utilities had requested, will probably cost the state's businesses as much as $400 million, pushing up prices across the country for fruit, vegetables and cheese. And many angry consumer advocates, who think they haven't seen the end of the increases, promise nothing less than a rebellion. Charges David Morse, a manager at the state Office of Ratepayer Advocates: "It's like saying there's a blank check to cover the generators...
...make this search as easy as possible, Millennium chief scientific officer Dr. Robert Tepper has chosen to focus on the low-hanging fruit--going first for the most obvious targets. In looking for anticancer drugs, for example, his researchers are concentrating on monoclonal antibodies, a type of biological "smart bomb" that targets cancer cells and leaves normal cells alone. Like all antibodies, these man-made cancer missiles seek out particular receptors--molecules on the cancer cell's surface that help the cell recognize and react to nearby enzymes and proteins. Almost a dozen such drugs are already on the market...
...abiding shame of American racism. If that means looking back longer than looking forward, then that's the way it should be, and that's the way Burns and Ward let it play out. Besides, with Armstrong playing Star Dust, or Young taking a solo, or Holiday singing Strange Fruit, the weight of history goes airborne. Jazz becomes, like the title of that Holiday classic, fine and mellow...
...large pile of suck-up gifts awaits George W. Bush when he steps into his new house - crates of home-state fruit from senators, plus thoughtful though inscrutable baubles from foreign leaders. But at least one skunk will be hiding in the gift bin, a present from Bush's former GOP presidential rival. Arizona senator John McCain wants to force the new President to sign a campaign finance reform bill that Bush hates - and make him do it before he deals with any other legislation, including education, taxes and all the other items on Bush's wish list. McCain plans...